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You cannot be grateful and unhappy at the same time.

—a woman to Dr. Tom Costa

Tapping into the wellspring of gratitude is the greatest antidote to worry I

have ever experienced. How come? First, worry is always about the future,

if only the next hour or minute, whereas gratitude is in the here and now.

Cast over your list of worries. Aren’t they always about what might or might

not happen? You are worried about the reaction of your boss tomorrow to

your presentation. You’re worried about how you are going to afford to send

your son to college.You’re worried about the test results. In every case, you

project yourself into the future and imagine something bad happening.

Gratitude brings you back to the present moment, to all that is working per-

fectly right now.Tomorrow may bring difficulties, but for right now, things

are pretty good.

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