Hopefully I've learned a lot over my life - and one of those things is that I will never (ever) tell someone how to feel.

I AM grateful for my family, and my current living situation.

I'm also mad as hell about damn near everything you post - we live in a country that has bought the narrative of american exceptionalism and proudly displays it on our fragile chests without realizing we've been sold a bill of goods.

I can be grateful and angry at the same time, but it doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize that's too much for most folks to keep in their heads at the same time - but yeah, the only one gets to tell me to feel grateful is my wife :)