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Podcast: Road Least Travelled - A journey of the Soul
Episode: S2 E14. Why counting your blessings doesn't always work.
Description: People who tell you to be grateful when you’re unhappy are more harmful than helpful. They are making you even more unhappy, and making you feel guilty for feeling ungrateful. Don't listen to people who have no idea what you are going through. Don't force yourself to be grateful. Instead, feel your pain, feel your suffering, feel your sadness. Don't skip that and go straight to feeling grateful. Don't count your blessings when you are not ready.
Gratitude is not something you do, or something that can be forced. That's fake gratitude that doesn't last. Real gratitude comes on...