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How to Cultivate Gratitude When All Else Fails
What did you take for granted before COVID-19? Hugging your friends and family, shaking hands when you meet people, eating out at restaurants, going to the office. For many of us, gratitude can be in short supply, even when life is good. Especially when life is good. It is as if we are built to take things for granted…until we don’t have them anymore.
People all over the world are struggling right now and the idea of being grateful might seem like a stretch. But an attitude of gratitude can help dispel the darkest of moods! It is almost impossible to be miserable when you feel grateful.
Because we are so good at taking “normal” stuff for granted, it takes work to cultivate gratitude. So what can you do to help to loosen and break up the soil of your mind so that gratitude can grow there?
Daily Intentions
One way to start cultivating gratitude is by setting a daily intention to be grateful. Setting intentions will help focus your attention on things that bring happiness and joy throughout the day.
When you set an intention to be grateful, it doesn’t mean that you have to walk around thinking I am grateful, I am grateful, I am grateful all day long. Consider when you are going to the grocery store. Are you thinking I’m going to the store, I’m going to the…
