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37 AJ Jacobs: Experiments in Lifestyle, Fitness, and Self Improvement

The School of Greatness

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Are You Gratitude All the Time?

Bible says to be grateful all the time, so he tried to take that literally. He would give thanks for everything from elevator doors opening to chickpeas being grown in his garden. After a year of giving thanks every day, he realized there are hundreds of things that go right every day and we focus on three or four that go wrong. "I am very thankful that I don't have to follow all the rules of the Bible"

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