I find it ironic, one of the tenants that our culture is based on is the inalienable right to pursue happiness. Because it turns out that your mind is a hedonic treadmill and happiness is a moving target. If you think you're getting closer to it, it will actually start moving away. There's actually a formula for happiness, and it is what you have divided by what you want. In the West, we're trying to have more stuff. But in the east, what they want is to want less or more specifically, be happy with what they have.

We need to learn to replace the resentments that our minds create with gratitude. And one of the basic foundations of cognitive behavioral therapy is to have patients write gratitude list every morning. For me, it's very easy Because I almost had my leg amputated in a car accident. So when I wake up every morning, and I have two legs, I think, Wow, isn't this fantastic? I'd like you to try and exercise for the next few minutes. I'd like you to think of just five things that you are grateful for the simplest thing, like, I have two legs, I have consciousness.

I have a few loving friends. I have a roof over my head. I have enough money to have lunch today. And again, I want you to realize that your mind was built to create, oh, I'll only be happy when I have a Lamborghini or only be happy when I'm in the perfect relationship. But every time your mind creates those expectations, you're setting yourself up for the frustration, disappointment and suffering. None of us spend The last couple of minutes writing down things that you're grateful for.

Now we're going to embody that by meditating on it. So, for our fifth meditation, I'd like you to sit up straight. Shoulders are over the hips, chin is level. We close the eyes. Just going to recall those five things you're grateful for. Inhale that gratitude.

And exhale resent. Inhale gratitude. Exhale, Rosa. Gently got our attention back into the room