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In this episode we talk about what gratitude is and why our understanding of gratitude may need to change.For people with hearing difficulties I will put an abridged version of the script I use below:Gratitude:· Introduction (what is gratitude)· Layers to everything· What is the next layer of gratitude· When should we use gratitude Introduction:I think gratitude is being thankful for the circumstances that you find yourself in Everything Has Layers to It:Regardless of how you categorise information ( beginner, intermediate, advanced, conscious/unconscious competence) there are layers to everything. First Layer of GratitudeA lot of people make a view of gratitude that it's all about just making a list of things that you currently grateful for and things that other people don't have that you have-Shelter-food-friends/family etc Moving ForwardIt goes a little bit farther than that and we need to learn how to extend our [erce[tion of gratitudeWhat’s the next layer of gratitude?Think of something bad in your life or a lossIts hard to feel grateful using the first way of gratitude as now you don't have something anymoreBut you may have changed for the better, even in a subtle way.Losing anything no matter how small it may seem to others imparts the lessons to you that perhaps everything we do is limited One day we will have to go and everything we love can be taken away from us in a moments notice. Anything we have for a long time, we all take it for granted and losing someone, you do learn lessons That's another level to gratitude is to see how not having something has made you better. Everything we have is borrowed. In the same way that energy can never really be created or destroyed its only transferred, people come and go in our lives and we do spend time with them, we make warm memories with them that are really beautiful but no one can stay forever and nothing can stay permanently.Once you accept that, it does make you able to spend more time in the moment and accept things and enjoy life without forcing a mindset and I think that's the next layer of gratitude is being able to accept that not having things actually make your life better.To truly learn something, understand and apply it you have to really struggle and contend with the meaning.I think that is the next level to gratitude is being able to see those things and appreciate them and learning to appreciate how actually losing something can make you so much better rather than you know just looking at what you have and what others don't have and appreciating that. That's important too, but actually looking at what you don’t have and why you don't have it, what effect that’s had on you, and has that actually made you a better person and if not, how can you grow from this?When bad things happen it's hard to be grateful and life can be random, we won't understand the meaning behind things.We just can’t internalise the value of something until we’re certain we’re going to lose it. When we lose more and more things in life, we start to see what we really need in life, what we can live without and what we have within ourselves.It’s only when everything starts to go, the distractions become less and less that you get to find out who you really are and what you value about yourself.The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude - Friedrich NietschzeThanks For Listening!Link to all my works: Humza K | Linktree