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I'm starting a gratitude journal tonight Welles, after reading this essay. Thank you! I am grateful for your inspiring offerings on the board.
hugs,
Sandy

Welles,

This is very exciting -- thank you for sharing this!!!

Every so often, neuroscience confirms a tenet of psychoanalysis. I'm always cheering by that time, because "psychoanalysis isn't science" , it's not 'evidence-based,' but instead derived from people's incredible intuition.

So a few years ago, when many of Freud's ideas were validated by neuroscience, it was a huge boost to the profession. Freud didn't have the benefit of MRIs and this modern equipment, but he was right anyway!

So this latest about gratitude is very exciting for me, because my favorite analyst, Melanie Klein, had proposed that gratitude is the single greatest marker for mental health. If you have gratitude, she said, you are mentally well, and you can heal. If you don't have gratitude, you instead usually have envy, and envy she said was the greatest marker for mental illness.

So many non-envious, grateful people count themselves "mentally ill," where by her definition they are absolutely nothing of the kind! Instead they are in need of healing, but in their hearts, they are already well.

So this research is truly exciting to me!!

Thanks for sharing it! With love and peace to you! Michele

Thank you for another beautiful discussion about Gratitude, Welles!

With love to you, Michele

Thank you Welles!
As I read the fourth part of the essay... "4. Gratitude isn’t possible—or appropriate—in the midst of adversity or suffering"

I couldn't help but be reminded of our dear friend, Carol, (wingzie) who passed on several years ago from ALS. Throughout her ordeal...the one thing that amazed me about her was her ability to find reasons to be grateful...even as her body was letting her down. And it seemed to gave her a pliable strength, a resolve, a comfort, even encouragement and purpose... "Oh yes, there is something very precious about all this grateful business!"

We are a little ahead of you guys over there on the other side of the planet as it is already Thanksgiving eve here. So along with this brilliant topic and essay you provided, I'd like to say Happy Thanksgiving and thank you all, and in this particular instance, you, Welles, for becoming such an inspiration and loving part of my life...all our lives! You are much appreciated!

With love and "gratitude"
Sandy

Simplicity at its finest. ...What a wonderful page and post, Welles. Thank you! I am grateful for you!

Sandy