The Dark Side of Gratitude

Gratitude can be important. It can also be toxic.

Phew. It’s been a minute. My family, you see, has been really going through it. Things aren’t bad per se. But we’re reeling and adjusting. 

These things aren’t quite mine to write about—at least not yet, not fully—but I’ve been thinking a lot in a general way about gratitude. Specifically, who needs it? Who pays for it? Cui Bono?

Let me back up. Gratitude…