When your mind is stressed, it looks for everything that is heavy, wrong or missing. But when you practice gratitude, your mind returns to what is already there, already supporting you. Gratitude softens the heart, calms the nervous system and reminds you that even on difficult days, life is giving you small blessings. Ask yourself ; what helped me today? It can be the morning sun warming you, the food that gave you strengh, a person or a moment that held you together. Hold that memory for three breaths, this is how you return to balance.