Being grateful--feeling and expressing gratitude--is a quality that has an impact on so many other virtues and the general wellbeing of your life.  There does not exist a happy, content and grounded person who is not grateful.  And it is not the amount of stuff, friends or comforts we possess that make a person grateful.  In fact those with much are often some of the most ungrateful people in the world while those with very little are the most grateful for what they have.  And therfore also the happiest.  I think we all know people who seem to have everything including wealth, fame, and things but who are miserable.  It sounds ironic but it is a sad truth about human nature.  Many of us have grown up since childhood enjoying life at the height of human civili\zation. We simply don't know any different and that is dangerous because it blinds us to the way life has been for most people for thousands of years and even today.  There are millions who will go to bed hungry and now know where there next meal will come.  There are other millions who will not sleep in a bed or in a home they can call their own.  Many young boys will have to work to help support their family and many girls are not even allowed to go to school and obtain an education.  So many of us have so much to be thankful for, and we don't even realize it.

Story from the Dennis Prager Radio Show (www.Pragertopia.com) on Sept. 13, 2024