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In a year of unprecedented disruption, many of us are not feeling particularly grateful.

Yet it’s more important than ever to be so, even if you’re not feeling it, according to Robert Emmons , professor of psychology at the University of California Davis. Expressions of gratitude, he believes, help us deal with bad news and to overcome setbacks.

“In the face of demoralization, gratitude has the power to energize,” Emmons wrote in Greater Good magazine in 2013. “In the face of brokenness, gratitude has the power to heal. In the face of despair, gratitude has the power to bring hope.”

Thanksgiving, therefore, is a timely opportunity to refill our souls with hopefulness. And I wish to take full advantage by giving thanks for the following exc

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