I’m often pushed to learn foundational life lessons from the thoughts and actions of my young children. Their youthful musings can allow me to ponder a greater meaning, one that can be discussed with them and contemplated more deeply afterward. I’ve been reflecting on what it means to have gratitude lately as I’ve observed behaviors from my 6-year-old daughter. Gratitude is widely held as one of the keys to happiness. Once, after months of playing joyously with a doll she had received for a previous Christmas, she said, “I think I need a new doll, I’m too used to this one. Maybe we should put her in the attic.” The reality of her honest, childlike statement struck me. It’s true, once the novelty of something pleasurable wears off, we begin to desire something else. The gratitude we once had for having that item begins to weaken as our hearts and hands reach …
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