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When gratitude practice conflicts with legitimate resentment

I am supposed to be grateful for my life but working sixty hours a week to pay for my kids' college makes me resentful and exhausted no matter how much I meditate.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Spiritual practice cannot substitute for addressing actual life circumstances that create genuine stress and imbalance.

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