The Myth of the Grateful Heart

We talk about gratitude like it’s a moral obligation.
A virtue.
A requirement.
A measure of spiritual maturity.

But gratitude is not performance.
Gratitude is not denial.
Gratitude is not a mask we wear at holiday tables.

Gratitude is presence.
Gratitude is honesty.
Gratitude is the way we make meaning out of chaos.

And sometimes gratitude is choosing not…