Portals of Ideas

Gratitude is a lesson hard to learn for those who look upon the world amiss.
The most that they can do is see themselves as better off than others.

And they try to be content because another seems to suffer more than they.
How pitiful and deprecating are such thoughts!

For who has cause for thanks while others have less cause?

And who could suffer less because he sees another suffer more?

Your gratitude is due to Him alone Who made all cause of sorrow disappear throughout the world.

A Course in Miracles workbook lesson 195