Expressing gratitude for small things rewires your brain toward positivity instead of negativity. Speaker B contrasts this with older generations who either downplayed or exaggerated their hardships rather than naming them directly.
Even those little tiny things that we take for granted, if we just step back and express gratitude for what we have, that changes the neural pathways in our brain from being negative to a more positive outlook. And it sounds really simple but it's hugely effective.
And again, there's a generational difference Because do you remember the old conversations we used to have? I don't know why you're so upset. We used to have to go to school in our bare feet in the middle of winter uphill both ways. And we had to walk the dog which lost a leg.
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And now, we're saying it's okay to feel like even though you had that, you don't have that comparison. You have that right to feel the way you feel about stuff.
