The danger of gratitude

Not a day goes by without me encountering a post, video, or article related to gratitude and its importance. Their message is always the same: be grateful for everything, every day, because that way you will feel much better.

For me, these thoughts always drive me crazy. For years I had been preparing to write about why this type of gratitude is dangerous, even harmful.

This attitude is nothing more than waiting for a miracle through gratitude, stemming from helplessness, which harms more than it helps. You are grateful with a hidden intention, so that later you will feel better because of it. This is "What's In It For Me" gratitude — meaning you are not unconditionally grateful.

The solution is to free yourself from the tension within you, to erase fear from yourself, and then, freed from these blockages caused by stress, you will be able to recharge with energy. And after you have freed yourself from harmful habits, then true contentment and peace spread within you — true GRATITUDE, without any hidden intention.