Gratitude is a result of appreciating the absence of something.
That absence doesn’t have to be experienced, it can also be observed.
All that is needed is an event or incident that inspires the realisation of what life would be like without the value that we obtain from something. Occasionally it’s from someone.
It is our aversion to the absence of that value in our life that instils a sense of gratitude for its presence.
Gratitude is one of those things that apart from it being impossible to insert into another’s heart, it also cannot be given if you don’t have it for yourself.
When one who takes themselves for granted, or undermines their self worth expresses gratitude, it is more an intellectual acknowledgment of the contribution of another, rather than true gratitude.
This is easily revealed when such benefit is removed. The one with true gratitude will mourn its loss or even try to reclaim it, while the one who lacked that gratitude for themselves will find it easier to accept that it is what it is.
Giving up on good is more readily practiced by those who don’t believe themselves to be deserving of such good.
Thus, the absence of gratitude is not to be cursed. Instead, the pain of the soul that lacks it should be considered so that we may offer healing rather than rejection.
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The gratitude paradox
