{"id":1859,"date":"2016-01-06T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-06T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/gratitude-exercise-it-daily.html"},"modified":"2016-09-18T15:57:12","modified_gmt":"2016-09-18T19:57:12","slug":"gratitude-exercise-it-daily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=1859","title":{"rendered":"Gratitude. Exercise It Daily."},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; bottom: 150px; color: #bbbbbb; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 27.0284px; overflow-y: hidden; position: absolute; text-align: center; top: 50px; width: 1023.98px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pbs.twimg.com\/media-preview\/snf%3A684381584196284418\/eZcPM-9R.png?ssl=1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-opt-id=1205667243  fetchpriority=\"high\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Media preview\" border=\"0\" class=\"media-img\" data-maxheight=\"416\" data-maxwidth=\"625\" height=\"213\" src=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pbs.twimg.com\/media-preview\/snf%3A684381584196284418\/eZcPM-9R.png?resize=320%2C213&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"border: 0px; cursor: move; max-height: 787px; max-width: 1024px; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 27.0284px; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Think of gratitude like a muscle that you have to use to develop.&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 27.0284px; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 27.0284px; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Make it a practice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a data-show-count=\"false\" data-size=\"large\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/willclower\">Follow @willclower<\/a><br \/>For more information: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/\"> Click here to visit Will Clower&#8217;s website. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Think of gratitude like a muscle that you have to use to develop.&nbsp;Make it a practice. 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