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I'm not asking for reasons. I'm asking: whom are you grateful to?
by bheadmaster 3y ago
I'm not asking for reasons. I'm asking: whom are you grateful to?
- mdp2021 3y agoYou are misunderstanding the idea. You can be in some internal posture without an excuse. There is no need to have an "eternal reference".
- guntherhermann 3y agoI don't believe in a "creator/higher being" if that's what you're getting at, with that in mind - as I said above - the other people I'm grateful for are my family and my friends. Thinking about it more, I suppose I'm also grateful for the individuals in this world who have had an incredible impact on this world. e.g. Jonas Salk, the guy who invented penecillin, etc.
- thunderbong 3y agoGrateful to life, I guess. And not so much as grateful to but more like grateful for.
- psiops 3y agoIn your case, just substitute "feeling gratitude for positive things in your life" with "consciously acknowledge positive things in your life".
- mdp2021 3y agoNo, that is "run" vs "make an inventory sitting at the desk".
- bheadmaster 3y agoThat makes sense. I just really dislike people framing it as "practicing gratitude". I guess it comes from the childhood feelings of being thankful to one's parents for stuff, which is then generalized to "any feeling that resembles that feeling". I can accept "consciously acknowledge positive things in your life" and I can see why it would be beneficial to one's mental health. Depression and anxiety are often caused/worsened by focusing on the negative aspects of life.