{"id":1711,"date":"2025-11-29T16:00:41","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T21:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/?p=1711"},"modified":"2026-02-03T16:05:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T21:05:00","slug":"grr-attitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/?p=1711","title":{"rendered":"Grr-attitude"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dearest Readers,<\/p>\n

Last week was \u201cAmerican Thanksgiving\u201d (as we call it here in Canada) and there was a lot of online content about gratitude. One post suggested that our brains are actually hardwired to focus on problems rather than solutions.<\/a> What a relief! I thought it was just me.<\/p>\n

Because I tend to look for what is wrong instead of what\u2019s right, gratitude is something I need to practice. And I do. In order to change my negative outlook, I will often say the words \u201cThank you\u201d when my brain is thinking, \u201cF-you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Grumbling out loud is also something I like to do when I\u2019m alone. \u201cGrr,\u201d when the snow is blowing back in my face after I\u2019ve just it brushed off the car. \u201cGrr,\u201d when I\u2019m trying to upload a photo and the file is too big. \u201cGrr,\u201d when I\u2019m being asked for a two-step verification for the fourth time.<\/p>\n

I am aware of my privilege as I write this. Some people don\u2019t have cars, computers and bank accounts. My problems are definitely first class. Gratitude should be easy.<\/p>\n

But \u201cshoulding\u201d on myself doesn\u2019t help. What helps is understanding that \u201cthe human brain wraps around fear and problems like Velcro\u201d<\/a>. Being human is just plain hard and looking for the good takes guts and grit.<\/p>\n

Going forward, I\u2019ve decided to try a new practice. When I hear myself saying, \u201cGrr,\u201d I\u2019m going to extend the word and say, \u201cGrr-attitude.\u201d<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll let you know how it goes.<\/p>\n

On the path with you,<\/p>\n

Celia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dearest Readers, Last week was \u201cAmerican Thanksgiving\u201d (as we call it here in Canada) and there was a lot of online content about gratitude. One post suggested that our brains are actually hardwired to focus on problems rather than solutions. What a relief! I thought it was just me. Because I tend to look for…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1104,705,830,589,1105,953],"class_list":["post-1711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-brain-science","tag-change","tag-gratitude","tag-negativity","tag-open-mind","tag-spiritual-practice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1711"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1713,"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1711\/revisions\/1713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}