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  Gratitude is the Way to Salvation: Gratitude means thankfulness and gratefulness. It is nothing more than appreciation by a recipient. Incorporating gratitude into our lives can allow us to remember that we are alive and have much to be thankful for. How do you know if you are experiencing a sense of gratitude? The most overt way is expressing your appreciation and thanks for what you have. This can happen in a number of different ways. Gratitude is a positive emotion that involves being thankful and appreciative and is associated with several mental and physical health benefits. When you experience gratitude, you feel grateful for something or someone in your life and respond with feelings of kindness, warmth, and other forms of generosity. According to psychology, “in general terms, gratitude stems from the recognition that something good happened to you, accompanied by an appraisal that someone, whether another individual or an impersonal source, such as nature or a divine...

  GRATITUDE AND PATIENCE: Gratitude and patience can help people feel more positive about themselves and their position in life. I believe we are on this planet to learn and develop our souls. If everything in our life is perfect and there is no struggle, there will be no happiness; there will only be boredom and discontent. Gratitude and patience better meet life's challenges because they mean we are alive, learning, growing, and developing ourselves. Complaining is static. Nothing changes. Gratitude and patience are dynamic; they allow us to take control of our lives and learn to love ourselves for who we are.  Since patience and gratitude are described as the wings of faith — the means of salvation- it is pertinent to establish the relationship between these two concepts to complete our faith. It also addresses common misconceptions, such as the belief that we are only to be patient with hardships and only to be grateful for blessings. This is not always the case. Both ...