This episode of Walk Through Open Doors with James Henson focuses on the idea of honest gratitude: understanding that life can definitely suck sometimes, but that there is always more good than bad in the balance.
Here are the key takeaways:
· Gratitude shifts our focus away from negativity and victimhood, allowing opportunities to become clearer.
· Honest gratitude acknowledges both the good and the bad.
· There are 4 things we can always be grateful for:
o There is something instead of nothing.
o This something is stable.
o We have a consciousness to experience this something.
o We can choose our relationship to this consciousness.
· We all have a natural negativity bias we must be aware of and account for.
· Gratitude builds resilience.
· Gratitude counters cynicism and fragility.
· There are simple ways to foster gratitude.
· Gratitude doesn’t erase difficulties.
· Choosing gratitude aligns us with reality because more things go right than go wrong.
· Gratitude creates a positive feedback loop.
