Instant Gratification v.s. Gratitude

This week, we post a new personal growth tip or inspiration drawn from a recent Daily Dose of Happiness mailing.

In the world of instant gratification, we are constantly being reminded of all the things we don't have that we absolutely cannot do without.  Nobody bothers addressing that it might be more than an evolutionary accident that we have survived for millennia without these things.  Nor that we should not be coveting the things we don't have, when we spend so little time feeling grateful for the things we do.

The more time I spend talking, reading and thinking about happiness, the more I am convinced that gratitude is the biggest secret to happiness.  And that the lack of gratitude is the single biggest barrier we as a civilization face on our path to happiness.

Further reading is my article at:
http://www.thehappyguy.com/happiness-secret.html , which is drawn from an anthology I contributed to (It's actually a fantastic book that's like the greatest hits of self-improvement).

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