{"id":3732,"date":"2014-11-26T03:00:15","date_gmt":"2014-11-26T08:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lettinggo\/?p=3732"},"modified":"2014-11-20T19:10:47","modified_gmt":"2014-11-21T00:10:47","slug":"how-to-stop-sowing-the-seeds-of-sorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lettinggo\/2014\/11\/how-to-stop-sowing-the-seeds-of-sorrow.html","title":{"rendered":"How to Stop Sowing the Seeds of Sorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Question:<\/strong> I&#8217;ve noticed that the more I hear people complain about their unwanted circumstances in life, the less likely they are to do anything to change them. It makes me wonder if I&#8217;m just as ungrateful and unwilling!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Answer:<\/strong> You have discovered an undeniable truth: Until we become conscious of how many more times a day we complain about our life than we feel gratitude for the gift of it, we not only miss the taste of life\u2019s secret sweetness, but we continue to sow the bitter seeds of our own sorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: I&#8217;ve noticed that the more I hear people complain about their unwanted circumstances in life, the less likely they are to do anything to change them. It makes me wonder if I&#8217;m just as ungrateful and unwilling! 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