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Practise gratitude concretely

Gratitude is the direct antagonist of a moving reference point: it is attention paid to what is already here.

KRITAJNATA · GRATITUDE

Gratitude is the direct antagonist of a moving reference point: it is attention paid to what is already here. Kept concrete — a named person, a specific thing, a particular morning — it works. Kept abstract it becomes a mood, and moods do not hold.

The practice

Tell one person, specifically, what they did and what it meant. Not in general terms.

A question to carry

Who has never been told what their help actually made possible?

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