Its a new year, which means that its also time to imagine new beginnings and better futures. Its time, in short, for New Years resolutions.
Gratitude, in particular, has become a popular resolution. For many of us, living gratefully seems to promise more happiness in our lives.
But what if weve got gratitude all wrong?
I began writing my book The Art of Gratitude because I too believed that gratitude might offer an antidote to the anger, fear and resentment that characterize contemporary life. But as I read one self-help book about gratitude after another, it had the opposite effect on me. The more I read, the less grateful I felt.
I came to ask, does the problem lie in how gratitude tends to be defined?
The debt…
Read the full article at: http://theconversation.com/this-new-year-rethinking-gratitude-88227
