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Chapter 1 — continued

This Is As Effective As It Is Ridiculous

Most gratitude practices fail because you have to remember them. This one works because it ties to what you already do several times daily.

When you can find gratitude while sitting on, or standing in front of, a toilet, you can find it anywhere.

When you begin appreciating toilet paper during a terrible day, you’re building a skill that works regardless of circumstances.

The bathroom becomes your training ground for a gratitude practice that sticks, even when life stinks. Every visit is an invitation. Every pause is a chance. Every ridiculous thank you builds the muscle of noticing what’s working.

Then one day, you realize you’re no longer a person just practicing gratitude…

You’re a grateful person.

And THAT is the goal: to be a person who is grateful, not just someone who practices gratitude. The bathroom is just the training ground. Life is where you live it.

It may start awkwardly, but that helps it become automatic. It may start ridiculous, but you’re about to learn how it can be revolutionary.