Gratitude

Course #15 is about Gratitude – in this course we’ll discuss what it means to live with an active appreciation for the people, events and circumstances of your life. Experiencing and expressing gratitude is first a choice and second a skill. Gratitude enhances empathy and reduces aggression, both of which improve relationships. Gratitude is an anabolic life-giving emotion that displaces catabolic life-destroying emotions. Although it's possible to experience gratitude in every moment, most people don't. Many people experience gratitude only when their expectations are exceeded. Gratitude involves a willingness to look for gifts and blessings in everything - including difficult aspects of your life. When you cultivate gratitude, not only do you enrich your own experience of life, you elevate the experience of those around you.

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Brilliant Miller

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0:00 – Welcome to the Gratitude course. Here are the main ideas in this course:

0:05 – Number one: There are two ways to live when it comes to gratitude: You either live with an active appreciation for the people, events and circumstances of your life, or you don’t. Ultimately, it’s a choice to live either way, and if you don’t consciously choose to live the first way, you are in effect making the choice to live the second way.

0:24 – Number two: Gratitude is an anabolic or life-giving emotion.

0:29 – Number three: Gratitude displaces catabolic or life-destroying emotions.

0:35 – Number four: Experiencing and expressing gratitude is first a choice and second a skill.

0:42 – Completing this course can help you:

Number one: Cultivate a willingness to look for gifts and blessings in everything – including in the most difficult aspects and experiences in your life.

0:54 – Number two: Make or renew a commitment to live with gratitude.

0:58 – Number three: Develop at least one daily practice related to gratitude.

1:04 – I’m so glad you’re here, and that you’re part of this program. I hope you get so much value out of this Gratitude course.