A little gratitude is a very healthy thing
THE LETTER “Give it up for the mayor” (Daily News, March 27) needs a response.
The American author William Arthur Ward said: “Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.”
My upbringing has taught me that gratitude heightens the quality of life. Gratitude makes you forget what your life lacks and instead focus on the abundance that is already present.
It has made me realise that once you become used to looking for things to be thankful for, you begin to appreciate simple pleasures and things that you previously took for granted, which, sadly, the writer does not do.
Giving thanks also makes people happier and more resilient. It strengthens relationships, improves health and reduces stress.
As I have long cultivated gratitude as part of my lifestyle, it is only natural that when I come across people who have performed well for the benefit of society, I want to show appreciation. Hence my outpouring of gratitude to all the do-gooders out there.
It is rather unfortunate that the writer does not see the need for worthy actions to be praised. While I do take the time to be critical of certain issues, I believe that in a world that is full of people who are complaining, criticising and nit-picking, it is also important that credit be given when it is due.
I am a positivist and believe that if people are motivated in a positive manner, they will do better.
Napoleon Hill, the great motivational expert, appropriately states: “A positive mind finds a way it can be done; a negative mind looks for the ways it can’t be done.”
Perhaps the writer needs to associate himself with morepositive people to change his mindset, which I am sure will be difficult for him to do. DHAYALAN MOODLEY
Mobeni Heights