Research heeling through gratitude on the internet. This is truly powerful stuff for brains like ours. It works!
Write 5 things your grateful for daily. Just do it. It’s easy. Start small. I am grateful for a warm bed. I am grateful my friend called night. Etc…
Put it on paper, journal or text yourself or something. Keep it for reviewing later.
Your mood will change. You will begin to take notice of positives every where. It’s motivating. It can really change your life.
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Spelling is not my thing. Sorry.
"Gratitude" is an action word. Meaning if you are "grateful" for something, you must SHOW gratitude, not just "say" it. For instance, if you're grateful to a 12 step program like AA, then you give back, you help another drunk. If you're grateful to your dad for giving you a car, you take care of it, showing your gratitude. If you can't show gratitude, or don't plan on doing more than just saying it, don't put it on your list. Quality over quantity, right? I feel like people just crãp out a bunch of gibberish for their gratitude lists instead of really thinking about those things, and about how to show their gratitude. Less lip service and more service, right?
I'm grateful for the fellowship of AA, so I make coffee at two meetings, and help clean up/set up the room, pick up supplies from the home office etc.
I'm grateful to my parents for always looking out for me, so I take care of any repairs on their house, the lawn, oil changes etc.
I'm grateful to have clean water and green spaces to camp/hike in, so I don't waste water and I don't litter/destroy those places.
I think being grateful is being misconstrued with being thankful 
Yes. This. Always this.
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Maybe we need a "thankful" option? 
I wish people could just be thankful for things that "just are". Iike sunshine. Nobody needs credit for sunshine. And it's not a "gratitude" thing. It "just is". I'm thankful for a sunny day. I can dig that.
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Good stuff😊
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