Attitude of Gratitude

Everyone can find something to be grateful for, and I think it's lovely that a holiday has been dedicated to gratitude and appreciation, regardless of their religion, race, background, mental health, etc.

I myself and overwhelmingly grateful right now, earlier this year I got a new job and it's such an improvement! I got away from a job that was destroying my health to one where I can recuperate, I like the work, and the pay is good. THANK YOU, WHATEVER POWERS THAT BE!!!!!

I'm happy you're here.

As a general principle I agree that gratitude can have tremendous utility and America's Thanksgiving Day is a practical embodiment of the idea.

Personally I don't go in for it because it seems to me that gratitude is an emotion you feel towards a person or towards people and that is not something that has featured in any significant way in my life. You might say I could feel gratitude toward the people who work to put food on my table and a roof over my head but then they get paid for doing that. I worked and nobody showed any gratitude to me and I didn't expect them to. I was working for pay.

Of course if you believe in God then you're all set because you can be grateful to God for everything good in your life and that's a good chunk of the utility of religion right there. But after Charles Darwin that is a hard sell for many people. So I try to have a sense of appreciation for good things in my life and a sense of relief for having avoided some bad things in my life. It's not as psychologically useful as gratitude but it's something.

I like your sentiment👍
I always keep my work door open so my coworkers feel welcome to come in and have a chat.

Something about lending an ear or a shoulder to another person can make you very happy.

Being grateful is really important as well, many of us are very fortunate.

I respect the sentiment, but I think toxic positivity is almost as bad as ingratitude when you're down. Mental illness and depression make it difficult to feel gratitude, it's a literal mental block and they can't help it. However, loads of unhappy people are still grateful for what good is present in their lives, people often experience multiple feelings at once, and some genuinely don't have much to be grateful for or have more to be unhappy about.

Interesting. I haven't encountered anyone else using that expression in years. It's become somewhat of a mantra for me. Saying thank you when out in public has become deeply ingrained in me. Today, I had one of the best Thanksgiving celebrations I've had in years. I was grateful just to have been able to attend that event and have been basking in the afterglow for hours now.

Attitude and gratitude also RHYME, lol. :)

Ive always know I'm going home where I belong. This place ain't home and I don't belong.