There's something to be grateful for?

I can almost guarantee you that it will change nothing. Try it. You'll see!

Frank

I am grateful for so much (home, family, career, food in the fridge) and I'm definitely a glass half full kind of person (as long as there's SOMETHING in the glass, I'm winning )

That being said, I think it is just as good for you mentally to allow yourself to sit and rest in the places that are p1ssing you off in order to ultimately move on from them.

OK, so no need to set up camp and move in there, but feeling the anger/hurt/sadness of something that's going on in your life isn't a bad thing at all. Sometimes you need to scream, cry and grieve and it's not always appropriate or necessary to focus on the fact that you indeed, do have a bed to sleep in tonight.

We can compare ourselves to others and face each day with gratitude that we have more than the next person, or we can face what's going on in our life and deal with it accordingly.

Hiding feelings because you're luckier (on paper) than someone else in the world won't get you very far in the long run.

Totally agree that being positive is great, however I also believe more in just being real.

Indeed! My experience is that gratitude makes all the difference.

Gratitude has many significant benefits for many different facets of your life.

I have begun a five-minute gratitude journal because it was explained to me that it would increase my long term well-being. I found the journal uplifting and very beneficial for all parts of my life.

I have learned that gratitude improves health, relationships, emotions, personality and career. Gratitude can help make us nicer people; it can allow us to have more trust, be more social and more appreciative.

Gratitude is an incredible emotion that can help you to reduce stress. If you spend your time being grateful for what you have, then you will spend less time worrying about what you don't have. It allows us to realise what we have. This can lessen our need for wanting more all the time. Gratitude puts things into perspective.

When we can see the good as well as the bad, it becomes more difficult to complain and stay stuck in a negative mind frame.

I am grateful for your post!

If you want to change the world you can't do it by yourself. Need more people with you and awareness as well.