SPIRIT

WRITER: RUTH STERN

Perhaps you have asked yourself one or more of the following questions:

• Why can’t I be thinner?

• Why can’t I make more money?

• Why don’t the kids behave better?

• How does my friend attract more friends than I do?

Hundreds of questions may come to mind when we don’t feel like we’re good enough, and those questions are huge contributors to squelching happiness and joy. Dr. Wayne Dyer, popular author and lecturer, refers to this as the “disease of more.”

From my research and personal experience in the pursuit of happiness, I’ve learned that practicing gratitude can overcome these feelings of “not enough.”