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One recurring theme: people grateful to wake up for another day. Definitely something I take for granted. It’s good to be reminded each day is a gift.
by tppiotrowski 6y ago
One recurring theme: people grateful to wake up for another day.
Definitely something I take for granted. It’s good to be reminded each day is a gift.
- crystalcamarao 6y agoHi! Yes, it’s something we all take for granted. Thanks for checking it out!
- loceng 6y ago"Is the cup half empty or half full?" "Be happy you have a cup!"
- crystalcamarao 6y agoI never thought of it that way. Thanks for sharing!
- cmehdy 6y agoThe real recurring theme is that "I", "me", or "my" ends up appearing a minimum of one time per person and day. After decades of severe depression, it isn't entirely surprising to me that there must be an "I" to experience positive things in order for gratitude to give a lasting impact to the mood. "I'm grateful for people who remove landmines, for talented artists creating beauty in the world, for little caring gestures that strangers have for each other." But this reads more abstractly than when there's a person to actually experience its consequences directly, and it feels very different from the inside too as it holds little connection to the self. It's a good habit nonetheless, because if anything it is a mechanical workout to cultivate a capacity for empathy (for self in healthier people perhaps, but in general otherwise).
- crystalcamarao 6y agoYou make a good point! Being grateful for things that, as you put it, hold little connection to us surely helps because it makes us better people. Thanks for sharing!
- pitspotter 6y agoCotton sheets help to remind me. I don't know what people slept on in history (tho I hear that heather was good) but clean sheets and cotton pyjamas are fantastic.
- crystalcamarao 6y agoAh, that makes sense. Thanks for sharing!