Gratitude is one of the pillars of an enjoyable life. Being ungrateful breeds unhappiness. And having worked with recovering addicts and alcoholics for 33 years I believe that being ungrateful for what we have now opens the door to addiction to substances.
Many clients think that life would be perfect if they just had enough money, cars, girlfriends, vacations, or houses. In other words - more stuff. So, enough stuff would make me feel good. But when they get enough stuff they learn than "enough" is a relative term. As soon as we get a dose of what we want we find that it also is another empty fantasy.
If you say that you have nothing to be grateful for then you don't watch the news or follow the stories on the internet about what's going on in the world. Wars in multiple countries. Cannibalism in Haiti. Thousands of homeless living on the streets of our largest cities. My point is that we simply have to look around us and find many reasons for gratitude.
Look around and see that you have much more than most others: that's gratitude.
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