Am I allowed to feel ungrateful?

I asked myself this question and surprised myself with the answer. The answer is “YES”. The funny thing is that once I acknowledged this, I started feeling grateful for the answer. I was feeling a little small, insignificant, and ungrateful that more people weren’t answering my call to action “WHAT DOES GRATITUDE FEEL LIKE TO YOU?” Then my inner voice whispered the following words that fiiled me with gratitude:

“You believe that what gratitude feels like is a purely subjective expression, so getting the interpretations of it from others, especially when you have yet to fully define it for yourself, will potentially confuse your answer. Furthermore, your intention was to get a better understanding of what gratitude feels like. Only you can answer that!”

Darn it, that inner voice really hits home sometimes! My impulse answer what that it told me to trust my gut and my gut tells me I feel gratitude when my thoughts are aligned with my inner voice. Alrightythen! I’m gonna havta have a good think on this and get back to you on it…

In the meantime…

SHARE YOUR DEFINITIONS, REALIZATIONS, REFLECTIONS, AND QUESTIONS ABOUT GRATITUDE.

Intention:

My intention is to build a better understanding of what gratitude feels like and I need your help!

I intend to repost this question every day for 21 days (because I believe it is the duration needed to form habits) and add your responses to the posts. 

Introduction:

I really want to understand what gratitude feels like to my fellow humans and see the common aspects to the concept.

On April 27th, 2020, I started a search for the answers. What Does Gratitude Feel Like To You? – Day 1; I shared the first response on What Does Gratitude Feel Like To You? – Day 2; shared a little research on What Does Gratitude Feel Like To You? – Day 3; I dug deeper on Day 4 – What Does Gratitude Feel Like To You?; let things flow a little more on Day 5 – What Does Gratitude Feel Like To You?; push the question on Day 6 – What Does Gratitude Feel Like To You?; reflect in a new way on Day 7 – What Does Gratitude Feel Like To You?; look at gratitude benefits on Day 8 – What Does Gratitude Feel Like To You?; express symtomology on Day 9 – What Does Gratitude Feel Like To You?: my Birthday happiness on Day 10 – What Does Gratitude Feel Like To You?; & connecting Love to Gratitude on Day 11 – What Does Gratitude Feel Like To You?

Expectations:

• a) We will share the positive feelings of gratitude with each other.
• b) We will see common threads that help us define what gratitude is to us. 
• c) We will focus on a positive concept and build understandings for better intentions.