Being Grateful Doesn’t Mean You’re Blindly Optimistic

Why to be grateful when it feels like there’s nothing to be thankful for

Photo by Zac Durant on Unsplash

Since this week is Thanksgiving in the U.S., I’ve been seeing a lot of social media posts with people expressing gratitude. And I’ve seen almost as many talking about how being blindly optimistic right now isn’t helping anyone and is actually discouraging during a pandemic when people are dying and…