"How many times have you heard someone say they want to make a better world? It is a noble sentiment, but very hard to achieve, right?" Prager asks.
"Well, actually, it's quite easy," he continues. "All we have to do is increase just one human trait. This trait is so powerful that it alone can make people happier without working on their happiness, and make them better — and by 'better,' I mean more generous, more honest, more kind, more everything good — without a single lesson in morality."
The "magical thing" that can transform individuals and society, he says, is simply "gratitude."
Prager maintains that it is impossible to be happy if you are not grateful. "Almost everything good flows from gratitude, and almost everything bad flows from ingratitude," he says.
PragerU: The Key To Unhappiness
"The ungrateful are angry . . . "
"Well, actually, it's quite easy," he continues. "All we have to do is increase just one human trait. This trait is so powerful that it alone can make people happier without working on their happiness, and make them better — and by 'better,' I mean more generous, more honest, more kind, more everything good — without a single lesson in morality."
The "magical thing" that can transform individuals and society, he says, is simply "gratitude."
Prager maintains that it is impossible to be happy if you are not grateful. "Almost everything good flows from gratitude, and almost everything bad flows from ingratitude," he says.
PragerU: The Key To Unhappiness
"The ungrateful are angry . . . "