Affirm A Daily Prayer Religion With All Its Rules

Are we grateful for any of this? Social media is plagued with posts about being happy about waking up on this side of the soil. But are they grateful? We spend way too much time crossing the T's and dotting the I's believe it's going to lead to more life. Theres's more to gratefulness than sharing a giant thank you while picking up an award. Are we using gratefulness correctly? Or is it like everything else in religion and it's based on your personal relationship with the universe? The good times are never spread out evenly.