Hmmm... 

I think gratitude is a double-edged sword. 

Genuine gratitude is something everyone appreciates, and is too rarely employed. 

All too often, gratitude seems to be part of going through the motions. How often do we say "thank you" to someone and receive a response of "no problem"? 

This can lead us to have a skewered idea of things in our own lives we think we should be grateful for. Which brings me to your point of should we write down reasons to be grateful daily?

Probably not...at least not every day. Why not, you ask? Because we all have days when no matter what we say, do, wear, think, or just exist, it won't make a difference in how we feel. 

That being said, most days, most of us could benefit from writing down, or at least thinking about things we are grateful for. 

You're absolutely right... like everything in life, too much of any one particular thing can be destructive. Even positivity and happiness. I used to have a co-worker who made Pollyanna look like the offspring of Debbie Downer and Ebenezer Scrooge. She was absolutely clueless about anything outside of what made her happy... her husband, five dogs, and anything Snoopy related. Adversity didn't exist in her world and it showed. She couldn't function properly if all her "happy" thoughts were disrupted. 

Bad days exist. Sometimes there's a reason. Other times... not.. and that's perfectly fine. We are human. We experience a wide array of emotions and I, personally can't stand it when someone tries to tell me I shouldn't feel a certain way.... F-you.. I can feel however I want. Get over it. It won't last forever. 

So yeah, bad moods are temporary and if we aren't grateful for that.... usually the people around us are. 

Being grateful/feeling gratitude had its time and place... just like everything else. 

xoxo

Tim—
Honestly, I found it hard to come up with the right words, but I really wanted to respond. Your honesty about gratitude and dealing with the tough days hit home. It's not always easy to talk about, but it's so necessary. Remember, it's perfectly okay to have those not-so-great feelings. And it's more than perfectly okay to be angry at times. It's better to ride this out than suppress emotions. And as you said, there will be better days.

I don't know you well enough (yet), but you can always reach out to me, also if it's just for ranting, being angry, being human.

🐺Drown

We all have to deal with tough days. But sometimes Gratitude and positivity can help us through these tough days.