“I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, ‘If this isn’t nice, I don’t know what is.’”
— Kurt Vonnegut

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It’s a simple two-step process:

1. First, notice. Notice that things are good. Notice the feeling of pleasure. Notice today’s perfect temperature. Notice the art project your child is sharing with you.
2. Then, say thank you. To the person you’re with, for the life you live, to the reality you’ve been blessed with, to the God you feel must be there.

And if none of those feel like the right objects of gratitude, that’s okay too. Simply murmur to yourself, ‘If this isn’t nice, I don’t know what is.’

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