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Grateful for the Dark Stuff Too
Orienting ourselves toward gratitude is a cultural trend and a healthy
practice. Whether we are keeping a daily list, posting on social media
platforms, journaling, or praying each morning, practicing gratitude has
positive results for physical and emotional health and even in our
professional lives. Laura Grace Weldon suggests taking this practice
even further and being grateful for those people, things, circumstances
and experiences that we may find challenging. Rather than separating our
lives into good and bad, we can consider our entire experience as one
for which to feel gratitude. Her examples are to "mine" mistakes, doubt,
and crisis for what we might feel grateful.
