def: The recognition that things are happening in my favor.
Gratitude is not an action I take to thank someone for rewarding me (though that is certainly a nice thing to do). Gratitude is way deeper and far more powerful.
It’s a state of being that is its own reward.
It’s not giving thanks for things happening in my favor (though, again: nice to do).
It’s recognizing that things ARE happening in my favor - the ultimate state of which is the recognition that things are ALWAYS happening in my favor.
I don’t need anything new to happen before I can live in gratitude.
I just live in gratitude and when I do, I notice that everything happens for me.