Short transcript of Dr. Joshua John‑Ram Schacter reflecting on gratitude after visiting Bali. He emphasizes gratitude as a central emotion, praises Balinese people and culture (many temples, constant smiling), and links practicing gratitude to improved health and well‑being.
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So I think that gratitude is probably our most important emotion. The Balinese are absolutely fantastic people. The default expression here is smiling. The default attitude is gratitude. These people are incredible. They love having visitors, they love sharing their culture and they love sharing their gratitude and love with us. There's thousands of temples here all dedicated to being grateful to what they have. And that is very inspiring to an American because we just really very rarely sit in gratitude. So I think that gratitude, gratitude is probably our most important emotion. And if we can live in that, be present in gratitude, it's going to make a huge difference for our health. So Bali has been absolutely incredible. We can't wait to come home and see everyone and also we can't wait to come back.