161 he prescribed gratitude as an anecdote to despair…
161 he prescribed gratitude as an anecdote to despair holding the transcendental view alongside our emotional life.
— from The Air Traffic Controller (God)
In the book
This is not soft sentiment; it works on a person whether or not he believes in it. Gratitude is the genuine antidote to despair, the thing that holds the larger, transcendent view steady right alongside our raw emotional life. It is one of the rare emotions you can actually practice, and practicing it changes the body — it raises the levels of dopamine and serotonin and strengthens the very neural paths that carry our feeling. — The Air Traffic Controller (God)