niedziela, 1 października 2017

Coping With The Burden Of Gratitude

By Michael Anderson


Gratefulness is a universal lesson that is taught all over the world because of how essential it is for a person to be able to live life fully and happily, appreciating the things that they have been blessed with. While most people think almost exclusively of the positive aspects that come along with gratefulness, the negative side is often overlooked. Things such as pain, guilt, and other perfectly natural and quite common things can be the burden of gratitude.

Novels are not only entertaining, they can also be a great way of helping a person understand something complicated about life. It can be hard to understand just what gratefulness truly means and what it can demand of a person until it is seen through the eyes of a character. Some books also give readers a more omniscient point of view.

Anyone who loves to read has probably heard of the great writer Jane Austen, but many do not know how powerfully some of her books portray the dangers of gratefulness being used abusively. A prime example of this is the book called Mansfield Park, which is centered around the character of Fanny. After coming into good fortune, Fanny is expected to show high levels of gratefulness, and it is in this way used against her.

It can be hard to feel grateful for something when the person's mind is filled with feelings of guilt that surrounds this gratefulness. Feeling guilty for the good things that one has been given in life is a common thing, and it happens for many different reasons. It is important to know that just because a person has been given good things is no reason to feel guilty because that doesn't actually make a person get proactive in giving back to society.

Sometimes when a person does another person a favor, it can feel like something must be done in return. There are some things in life that are gifts, and those are given free of charge with nothing expected back. Avoiding this sense of obligation can make a person more grateful.

It is hard to imagine, but sometimes people can feel resentment when someone does something nice for them. This is because society has made people believe that something must always be exchanged for goods or services. This is unfortunate because some things are truly done out of kindness.

There are some things in this world that can be changed by one person alone and some things that cannot. It is important to recognize which is which in this confusing and changing world. While it can be hard to feel grateful for some things because of things that we cannot change, it is always best to let go of that feeling.

There are some people who will do nice or generous things for a person and then expect that person to do something illegal or immoral in return. Sometimes that person will not know what to do and may be pressured into bad decisions. The best thing to do is refrain from contact with that person.




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