Authentic gratitude

This is for the ‘attitude of gratitude’ crowd.

It’s for the ones who believe that gratitude is an act.

A gesture.

A token word of appreciation.

A polite mannerism.

A show of acknowledgement.

A gift prompted by an event.

It’s not.

Authentic gratitude is what you do and how you show up for those whom you claim to appreciate on those special occasions.

Gratitude is about valuing what is important to those whom you claim to value.

It is about what you do with the privilege and favour enabled by those who serve and/or support you.

Gratitude is a state of being.

It is a way of life.

It is a way of living without deliberately trying.

It is a consequence of the belief in the virtue and the goodness of what benefit you are capable of being to those around you, not because they deserve it but because you’re capable of it.

Authenticity is rare.

That’s why most use gestures and expressions of gratitude as a commodity with which to transact for significance.

Appreciation is not gratitude.

Gratitude is reflected in what you do with, or about what you claim to appreciate.

You cannot be truly grateful for others if you take yourself for granted.

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