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Mindfullmatter t1_jc6wfh3 wrote

Reply to comment by Prize_Huckleberry_79 in [Image] I have a secret for you.... by BodaciousRaven

It’s not meaningless, it’s about being grateful for what you have.

It’s easy to become dissatisfied with your current situation, that’s why it’s essential to practice being grateful if you want to be happy and feel fulfilled. That’s why they say money doesn’t buy happiness. Humans easily fall into a mindset where they always want more. We also compare ourselves to others who have more.

If you have a roof over your head and access to food and water. That is a lot to be grateful for.

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UngiftigesReddit t1_jc73f8j wrote

Noone who has ever been poor says "money won't buy happiness". You are right it won't. But poverty sure buys grief.

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Mindfullmatter t1_jc802jj wrote

Poverty implies you don’t have the minimum to survive, I suppose my point stands. Roof, food, water, heat, lots to be grateful for.

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ManliestCheese t1_jc78wh3 wrote

I understand what you're saying, but there are much better ways to word that than this post did.

You're saying "be happy with what you've got" but that only applies to people that have the basic conditions for happiness that then lost sight of it in pursuit for more.

This generalisation doesn't work as well as the post, which says anyone can find happiness if they just look hard enough. Someone living in absolute misery can not simply turn a switch.

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Mindfullmatter t1_jc8091q wrote

I literally said, roof over head, food and water. Those ARE basic conditions.

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ManliestCheese t1_jc9kusw wrote

I'm not sure depressed people, people that have recently lost their loved one, people with chronic disease, terminally ill people, people whose families are in active war zones, etc. think that that's enough for them.

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Mindfullmatter t1_jcadcdt wrote

Your missing the point. You just listed the opposite of what you can be grateful for.

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Prize_Huckleberry_79 t1_jc7b64c wrote

“I’m so grateful for this mouthful of cavities, bare cupboard, broke ass car, getting fired yesterday, sciatic nerve pain, and my broken clothes washer”…..

Yea ok…So grateful….

What makes you think everyone has access to food or water and has a roof over their head? What makes you think a roof over your head is reason to be grateful when your L3 pain is so bad you want to die? This quote is meaningless…

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Mindfullmatter t1_jc80grr wrote

I spoke about being grateful for what you have, you have just done the opposite. I never said being grateful will make your chronic pain disappear. It’s a mindset that improves your wellbeing. Humans figured it out thousands of years ago. We tend to not be automatically conditioned toward being grateful, therefore it takes practice to change.

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