@bledsoebaby: The universe perspective: It feels better to give a Christmas puppy to the kid that cries in happiness vs the kid that says ok, what next? Gratitude can feel really hard if you’re going through a lot, but honestly, the effort to even pretend to be grateful makes a MASSIVE difference. If your humanness wants to stay stuck in the negative (been there) tap into that core self energy and remind your nervous system what you have to be grateful for. Doing this, even when things are terrible, is not only like spiritual Jedi mastery, it also literally bringing you into a higher vibrational frequency and aligning you with the energy of RECEIVING. AKA: God and the universe will look at someone grateful - especially when struggling - and say… this person is ready to be blessed because look at how much they appreciate the little they have!!!