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Current culture tells me I should be practicing gratitude. Or is it mindfulness I’m meant to focus on? Maybe I’m supposed to be mindful of my gratitude. And where does intentionality fit in?
This is hard.
It’s especially hard in Chicago, where many of the sports teams make it difficult to appreciate something without grousing about something else.
My approach is to stop trying to fight it. Thanksgiving is upon us, but we can be grateful/mindful and hateful/malignful at the same time.