Expressing appreciation for your possessions and opportunities + acknowledging other people’s significance in your life = gratefulness

Gratefulness requires:

  • Perspective: Gratefulness is more than being thankful.  It is a perspective that does not depend on an event or receiving a gift.
  • Conscious effort:  Gratefulness is a choice, and we need to make an effort to choose it every day.
  • Mindfulness:  Mindfulness can help us recognize everything we have to be thankful for.