{"id":7048,"date":"2018-03-01T15:39:57","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T15:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/annmarieoconnor.me\/?p=7048"},"modified":"2018-03-02T10:24:40","modified_gmt":"2018-03-02T10:24:40","slug":"7048-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/annmarieoconnor.me\/7048-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Be Grateful Even When Things Suck"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_7049\" style=\"width: 1040px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7049\" class=\"wp-image-7049 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/annmarieoconnor.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/courtney-hedger-336844-unsplash-1030x688.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1030\" height=\"688\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7049\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Courtney Hedger<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Showing gratitude seems like an easy enough gig. You show up, you say thanks for what you\u2019ve got, you go about your business. If only it were that simple.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s easy to be grateful when life is tickety-boo but can you throw down the same big love for your share of problems? Exactly! That\u2019s when gratitude becomes more than just a good-time sentiment; it becomes an attitude.<\/p>\n<p>So, how do we keep from indulging in the \u2018boo hoo, life sucks\u2019 blues when life isn\u2019t quite going as planned.<\/p>\n<p>Easy. A simple shift in perspective (and a side serving of humility) is all that\u2019s required to give blessings and banes equal billing. With regular practice, you\u2019ll soon begin to see how life\u2019s balance sheet is tipped in your favour.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">We\u2019re very quick to shake a fist at instead of fist-pumping the universe\/God\/the source\/ ourselves (delete as appropriate) for our life\u2019s lot, so this is a golden opportunity to embrace life\u2019s more challenging experiences (past or present).<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A bad break-up? Finances in a jocker? Think about what that problem has taught you. By viewing the predicament from a position of gratitude, you\u2019re empowering yourself to learn from troublesome situations in the past, find solutions for the future or at least make peace with the present.<\/p>\n<p>By showing gratitude for what we have and what we may have wished for in the past but never got, we\u2019ll be better positioned to understand why missed opportunities are, with hindsight, the best things we never had.<\/p>\n<p>Consider it a disappointment ointment, an expectation crusher, an entitlement antidote and an envy eradicator. Most of all, consider gratitude a form of presence \u2013 on a stick, covered in sticky toffee, just waiting to be enjoyed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Showing gratitude seems like an easy enough gig. You show up, you say thanks for what you\u2019ve got, you go about your business. If only it were that simple. It\u2019s easy to be grateful when life is tickety-boo but can you throw down the same big love for your share of problems? Exactly! That\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":7049,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/annmarieoconnor.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7048"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/annmarieoconnor.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/annmarieoconnor.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annmarieoconnor.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annmarieoconnor.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/annmarieoconnor.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7048\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annmarieoconnor.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/annmarieoconnor.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annmarieoconnor.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annmarieoconnor.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}