“Ingratitude, the most popular sin of humanity, is forgetfulness of the heart. It is the revelation of the emptiness of pretended loyalty. The individual who posses it finds it the shortest cut to all other vices.
Ingratitude is a crime more despicable than revenge, which is only returning evil for evil, while ingratitude returns evil for good. People who are ungrateful rarely forgive you if you do them a good turn. Their microscopic hearts resent the humiliation of having been helped by a superior, and this rankling feeling filtering through their petty natures often ends in hate and treachery.” ~ William George Jordan
It is not that hard to give thanks once you get in the habit of it. You can begin with being thankful in the little things, as a means of building up sufficient steam to be thankful in the large. Once you get the hang of it, take a moment to back your words of thanks to others with feeling, rather than simply saying it out of courtesy or rote.
Be genuinely thankful.
People around you will take notice, especially if you’ve fallen out of the habit in days past. Some will ignore your appreciation, but most will bask in your simple expression of radiance as they would in the sun after an extended period of overcast skies. There is a shortage of thanksgiving on our planet, and the widely distributed sadness and suffering is naught but a symptom of this underlying cause.
Be a part of the cure. Give thanks at every possible opportunity.
Gregory Hake 
With the economic and financial difficulties people are facing, it seems that expressions of gratitude are becoming more and more of a rarity. I noticed this phenomenon occuring in my home country, and I am saddened by it. Why have some of us forgotten what it was like to be grateful for the little things in life?
However, I have faith that there are still many good people out there who understand the importance of gratitude. We can always maintain our hope.
Thanks for a great read, and I thoroughly enjoyed your post!!
~Mina
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You’re welcome, Mina. I appreciate and agree with your comment!
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Thank you for yet another excellent post.
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Sometimes you have to “fake it till you make it”. I wouldn’t normally advocate being a “fake”, but in this case it relates to developing a new habit where we haven’t been in the habit of being thankful for what is right in front of us. Besides, it is contagious so the more we expose ourselves to it the more we’ll catch it, and the more others will too. Thanks for a great post!
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Thankfulness can literally take back the night. Great post, thanks.
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That’s one of the things I tell my patients that have depression – find something that you are thankful and grateful for at the end of the day, and focus on it. Something true to that day. Let it envelop you as you take the time to give it some thought and feeling. This tends to help with a good night’s sleep, it helps with low moods, and oftentimes can be the starting point to help turn around a serious health condition.
They say when you appreciate something, it rises in value. I believe it, for heavy conditions are lifted up when thankfulness is expressed. It’s our way of recognizing the divine spark in each of us, to allow that spark to become more of a fire in the person and to not allow it to be snuffed out, choked off or simply wither away. I believe that if it has been our fortune to be inspired by other, real living people, directly or indirectly, then it is our duty to continue in kind with others. It’s like an unwritten rule – if you are willing to be inspired, then this is your obligation. A sort of code of honor. That’s what inspiration carries within itself. In fact as you discussed before, it’s beyond duty – it’s a moral obligation because if you are truly inspired and thankful, your heart has been moved quite deeply and you must see to it that you never forget that, or else all has been for naught and you have joined the Great Plague.
Well, thanks for writing down your thoughts for all interested to share. Words like these are a force to be reckoned with, one way or another.
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Ingratitude aimed at someone soon becomes rancor as that is the only direction for it. It is a slippery slope greased by jealousy. George Jordan has hit the nail on the head. It’s more then biting the hand that feeds you, it becomes trying to obliterate the reminder of their humiliation when exposed for what they are by the blessings from a righteous person. Becoming that unhinged by ingratitude is the result of missing millions of opportunities to appreciate. Thank you for this reminder. Gratitude makes life sweeter.
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I find thankfulness is the antidote to all ill and negative feelings. Thanks for this post, this is the approach that could change the world!
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