This episode of Walk Through Open Doors with James Henson focuses on the idea of honest gratitude: understanding that life can definitely suck sometimes, but that there is always more good than bad in the balance.

Here are the key takeaways:

· Gratitude shifts our focus away from negativity and victimhood, allowing opportunities to become clearer.

· Honest gratitude acknowledges both the good and the bad.

· There are 4 things we can always be grateful for:

o There is something instead of nothing.

o This something is stable.

o We have a consciousness to experience this something.

o We can choose our relationship to this consciousness.

· We all have a natural negativity bias we must be aware of and account for.

· Gratitude builds resilience.

· Gratitude counters cynicism and fragility.

· There are simple ways to foster gratitude.

· Gratitude doesn’t erase difficulties.

· Choosing gratitude aligns us with reality because more things go right than go wrong.

· Gratitude creates a positive feedback loop.