Exploring Gratitude, Welcoming Difficulties, and Subjective Discernment

Gratitude can help us break the cycle of grasping and resistance by making us content with what is and eliminating resistance, leading to inner peace. Welcoming difficult situations instead of resisting them can reduce our unhappiness, with practices like accepting discomfort. Our suffering is often a result of resistance rather than the situation itself. Subjective discernment plays a crucial role in labeling experiences as likable or unlikable, as our discernment gives qualities to situations based on our past experiences and conditioning.