You only notice the wifi when it drops. Try noticing the good stuff while it’s still working.

GRATITUDE

WHAT THIS MEANS

Working things are silent. Your attention is built to flag what breaks, which means the whole functioning background of your life stays invisible until it stops: the health, the friend who always replies, the roof that does not leak. Nothing is wrong with you for not noticing. It is simply not what noticing was built for.

Once a day, name one thing that is quietly working. Say it plainly and specifically rather than as gratitude in general. Doing it while the thing is still present is the entire trick, because the alternative is finding out its value by losing it.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

What works so quietly you only notice when it breaks?

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