Hey People!! So to answer the question, YES, WE CAN! *Insert Obama Voice* Gratitude is the warm or deep appreciation we have for kindness or benefits received. Let's not confuse this with indebtedness which is the feeling of debt or owing. It does not necessarily carry a feeling of joy and freedom but a sense of need or obligation. It is often associated with guilt because there is this need to repay or to return. There are two qualities of gratefulness : Appreciation : Recognizing that something is valuable to you, which has absolutely nothing to do with its monetary worth Gratis: Freely given to us We live in a consumerist society whose main focus is what we do not have or what others have and we don't which ultimately leaves little to no room for gratitude which is the appreciation of what we already have. One sunny afternoon, I got home early from uni! Class was cancelled... Oh happy day! So I thought.... I ...
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