We tend to focus on the negative. This makes sense from an evolutionary point of view, the trait to be on guard for the dangers of prehistoric life.
We are no longer exposed to these dangers of course, but evolution hasn’t had a chance to catch up, so we need to be mindful of this and apply techniques to counteract them. One of these techniques is gratitude.
Gratitude has been shown to help contribute to an overall sense of well-being, positive mental health outcomes, healthy aging and more benefits.
A gratitude practice can be as simple as writing down two or three things you are grateful for every morning. In the beginning this might be more difficult than you think, but as with any practice, the more you do it the easier it gets and as you notice the benefits you can see that it is something worth doing.
“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.”
— Epicurius
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