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The Gratitude Antidote… Appreciation is the Cure

Growing up in Texas, I knew that every Thanksgiving my mother, the clear and present matriarch of the family, would end our meal with a single command. “Okay, now let’s go around the table and everyone say what you’re grateful for.” Eyes would roll. And the moans were audible. I was in my mid-30s before I began to appreciate this ritual.