{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F9f1ecfb2-6fa2-4b2f-a965-c15faf044cdf","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"<iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px;\" title=\"It\u2019s Hard To Be Grateful All The Time\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"clipboard-write\" seamless src=\"http://player.captivate.fm/episode/9f1ecfb2-6fa2-4b2f-a965-c15faf044cdf\"></iframe>","title":"It\u2019s Hard To Be Grateful All The Time","description":"I write a lot about gratitude, optimism and staying positive.\u00a0 Some days (or weeks or months) are tougher than others to stay positive.\u00a0 I recently came across the below quote from musician Michael Franti.\u00a0\u00a0<br />\r\n<br />\r\nMaybe we should all take a few gratitude \u201cfree throws\u201d today :).\u00a0<br />\r\n\"It's hard to be grateful all the time, you know?\u00a0 And some days I wake up and I feel like I'm on the wrong side of the bed and I can't appreciate everything that happens around me.\u00a0 But I believe in practicing gratitude in the same way you practice free throws, or anything else. You can consciously choose to focus on what you're thankful for, rather than what frustrates you.\u00a0 And if you have positive thoughts, positive words, a positive mental attitude, and positive actions, then eventually it becomes easier and easier to be positive.\"<br />\r\n<br />\r\n - Michael Franti<br />\r\n\u00a0<br />\r\nThis post is from our new series, Daily Momentum.\u00a0 Each morning, we send a short, inspirational post via email, blog and podcast.\u00a0 You can get it\u00a0directly to your email here.\u00a0 You can\u00a0subscribe on iTunes here.","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/84060626-235a-42dc-9a40-a1eead6830e0/eAA1TPwy9oTcEamuijU4gpev.png"}