Gratitude list

[ewt]

-public transport
-I get to run tomorrow
-sunny days when my laundry dries quickly
-spaghetti squash has sprouted
-pink hair dye
-legs that feel strong after running
-my accompanist is going to learn the music by Monday
-I'm going to Aikido tonight
-last exam on Monday.

Comments

[ewtikins.livejournal.com]

Noticing the good things in my life helps me to feel happier about my circumstances. Gratitude is one method of doing this. I don't need to be grateful to any one or any thing, I can just be grateful, without owing anything.

If focusing on the positive things helps me to feel happier, and that in turn enables me to deal with what negative things there may be in an effective manner, I fail to see a downside here. It's all too easy to become discouraged when one chooses to focus only on the trials and tribulations of life. I don't want to spend my life only looking at the problems.

What does all being equal have to do with gratitude, or with the existence of God? I'm not sure I follow you, here.

Personally I have a very strong belief in God, but possibly not in the terms that many people would frame a higher power.

[oban23.livejournal.com]

I believe this is what we historical materialists call "ideology". But naturally, I can see the benefits of successfully convincing yourself about the "power of positive thinking." However, God, provided he exists, probably deserves either pity or utter scorn.