Finding Gratitude

   How can you be happier and more grateful?  Sometimes it's hard to think about what's good in life.  That's because some days gratitude isn't necessarily a marker of actual life blessings.  If life was only about  more money, more friends, more status, gratitude would not even enter into the equation.
     Guess I'm lucky because genetically speaking I feel predisposed to happiness most days.  Sure I feel disrepair ever once in awhile, most people do.  but I usually snap out of it pretty quick.  Although I'll admit it's "fake it till you make it" sometimes.  Sometimes simply smiling will bring about gratitude.  Expressing gratitude when your really not feeling it will also help.  Mind over matter, putting yourself in a positive place mentally instead of a negative place can get you through a ruff day.  Gratitude does not have to be fleeting nor does hunting for it have to be hard.