This Is Why You Need To Practice Gratitude

“Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift.”

—  John Ortberg (Zito, 2022).

Let’s start with an experiment.

Take a jar. Each night before bed, write down at least one good thing that happened that day or a positive thing someone said to you on a small piece of paper. Fold the paper and drop it into the jar like a piggy bank. Try to do this every day in a year.

On the night of December 31, take out all the notes from the jar and read them. You’ll realize, you’ve had a pretty amazing year.

Gratitude means appreciating the good things in life. But it’s not about saying “thank you” or “thank god” only.