Distinction of the Day: Gratitude vs Appreciation
Both are good, but appreciation is generally what you do when someone does something nice to or for you. That makes it specific to an event, casual and fairly polite.
Gratitude, though, is a place where you come from, a place where you feel and sense all that you have and are. You are continually and persistently grateful for what you have.
The primary difference between the two is the scope of appreciation (for everything vs. specific things) and that often helps a person attract what they most want. To move from appreciation or even resentment to gratitude takes about a year, but it’s worth it because when you’re grateful, you don’t require anything else in your life for you to be whole and complete and happy.
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From The Distinctionary developed by Thomas J. Leonard, Linda Talley, and Coach U, Inc. Modified by LMK.
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