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# Gratitude is a perceptual discipline before it is...
> Gratitude is a perceptual discipline before it is a mood. By deliberately naming what is working, worthy, or beautiful, we prevent difficulty from becoming the only category the mind knows how to retrieve.
**Source:** [[livestreams/Letting Go, Selection Bias, and the Life You Learn to See - Workbook|Letting Go, Selection Bias, and the Life You Learn to See]]
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“Gratitude is a perceptual discipline before it is a mood. By deliberately naming what is working, worthy, or beautiful, we prevent difficulty from becoming the only category the mind knows how to retrieve.”
— Bryant McGill
https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-gratitude-perceptual-discipline-mind-knows-retrieve
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