Gratitude and the Things We Used to Hate

With the passage of time and perspective, we can have what might be a quiet gratitude for the thing we used to hate. Rally against and grieve we realize what that experience led to. Gratitude does dig us out of that space where we notice nothing at all about our day or life. It does stop us from making something that isn't about us about us. We don't need to bipass our emotions, because as soon as we do that, we bipass ourselves.