Some people living in one day at a time recovery understand what it’s like to have periods of our life when we are people lacking gratitude. Lacking gratitude is an all or nothing frame of mind. What happens when we lack gratitude is nothing is good enough to satisfy an out of control ego. An example of this is we could get a gold medal at the Olympics but since we didn’t set a new world record we throw our gold medal into a river. This might sound like a ridiculous example but it’s true. Our egos become the critical parent who tells us our best isn’t good enough. It causes us pain. Many of us practice gratitude one day at a time. We learn to be gentle with ourselves and with others as well. Developing gratitude is a blessing. Practice it. You will become grateful. It’s a healthier reality. And we deserve it. Peace.
