Definition
"Recognizing and appreciating benefits received; thankful acknowledgment; appreciation for life's gifts"
Classification
Category
moral
Cardinal Virtue
Justice
Type
subjective
Clinical Applications
- •Depression and anhedonia
- •Entitlement and ingratitude
- •Loss of joy and appreciation
- •Anxiety preventing gratitude
CCMMP Integration
We are Created to receive gifts and respond with gratitude—the baseline posture of creatures before Creator. Fallen ingratitude manifests as entitlement and resentment; we forget God's goodness. Grace restores our wonder, enabling genuine thankfulness that transforms our whole perspective.
Virtue Overview
Category
moral
Cardinal Virtue
Justice
Therapeutic Tags
depressionresiliencepurpose