What do you trust in a time of increasing polarization, fake news and censorship? This is a phase in which the darkest sides of humanity are coming to light. Institutionalized racism, pedophile networks, and systematic privacy and constitutional violations are just a few examples of the shadows that can no longer remain invisible.

The ability to be grateful is a characteristic of happy people. People who lack this ability will often focus on things which aren’t going well. If they do not find it in the present, they will find something in the past that they are angry at, or something that might go wrong in the future. A human being is an anxious and worrisome being and the current crisis is certainly not reassuring. All kinds of certainties seem to be falling away. In this article I will talk about gratitude as a force...