The Importance of Gratitude When You Have to Face Trauma Today

Robyn Brickel, M.A., LMFT 5/8/2111:53 AM

You might be standing in a room with hundred-dollar bills blowing everywhere, but if you can’t catch any, or even notice them, you won’t have any extra money in your pocket. Gratitude works the same way.

If you don’t even notice the opportunity to feel gratitude or know how to catch it, then you can’t hold much appreciation for it and your life won’t be altered in any positive way.

We all need something positive to hang onto, to build hope and motivation moving forward. That’s why I want to talk about gratitude. Not only do we have to face the daily insecurity and trauma of COVID. Our world is also rife with racial injustice, destructive fires and storms, political upheaval, and other hardships. Let’s look at how to actually find and feel whatever gratitude might be available to you right now.

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