Gratitude, Not Envy, Can Save America - The New York Times America’s widening wealth gap is a major threat to our prosperity That wealth gap, though, is not the result of foreign exploitation, government inefficiency or generous entitlement programs
The Reason So Many Americans Are Ungrateful - Foundation for Economic . . . Why are there so many grievances and not more gratitude in America? Would understanding our place in history lead to more realistic expectations and, in the process, bring forth more gratitude? In his book The Rise and Fall of American Growth, Robert Gordon points out how little progress was made over hundreds of years He writes, “the annual
How Grateful are Americans? - Greater Good But how often, and in what circumstances, do people actually say thanks? The results reveal more evidence for a phenomenon sometimes called the gratitude gap—given how often they feel it, and how important they think it is, Americans do not express gratitude very often
Envy Poisons the Soul, but Gratitude Opens the Heart Envy for what you don’t have or resentment for what you think others don’t deserve poisons the soul Gratitude for what you do have opens the heart These things aren’t simply material, they’re
Gratitude Is Our Defining Ideal | Opinion - Newsweek Thanksgiving is, as the name implies, about gratitude—a defining ideal of both the specific American tradition and the broader Judeo-Christian civilizational inheritance from which our nation
Gratitude and Reconciliation for Americans: It Shouldn’t Take a Miracle A few words opening the action provide the context, so relevant today: “The first 50 years of America were marked by both rapid expansion and deep uncertainty Even Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, once united against the English, became bitter rivals as the nation split into political factions
The American Miracle: Promoting Gratitude, Not Guilt Those who reject the trendy argument that America’s unique good fortune stems from the nation’s uniquely bad behavior, tend to turn to “happy accidents” as the most convenient explanation for our disproportionate blessings