A sense of gratitude helps us stay sober. It also contributes to our spiritual condition.
But where do we find gratitude when we think life is bleak?
Perhaps we're unemployed. Maybe we're in a halfway house. Perhaps our families don't speak to us because of how we treated them. Maybe we left school without graduating. There could be many reasons.
One easy way is to change our perspective.
And while I never recommend that we compare ourselves to others - it can help us find gratitude.
But the others we compare ourselves to aren't those we think have it better than us. We don't look at those with money, position, or great jobs. That won't work.
Instead we look at those with challenges. And those challenges can be physical, emotional, financial, or something else.
There are a myriad of others who face challenges. They may have been born with a genetic condition. Or they live in an economy without opportunities for education or financial success.
When we look at how good our lives are compared with what some deal with, then we surely find reasons to be grateful.
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