Why You Can Only Give What You Don’t Have: Gratitude’s Path to Happiness
To share something we must first realize we have nothing to share.
Gratitude is a paradoxical state of mind. On the one hand, it means I have something I can be grateful for. On the other hand, I realize I have nothing that’s truly my own. Gratitude is balancing between savoring what I have and remembering that I have nothing.
Gratitude is the awareness that while I have nothing, I have been given all th…
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