There is a correlation between being grateful and letting go.
When you are grateful you see what is good.
When you are grateful you see what is great.
When you are grateful you see the best in others.
When you are grateful you re-focus your energy.
When you are grateful you are okay with the present.
When you are grateful you honor the past and the things of the past.
When you are grateful your future looks brighter.
By being grateful you can see the “good” in the “bad”.
(Honestly there doesn’t seem to be good or bad, just gratefulness for what is.)
By being grateful you can see loss, as not loss, but as growth and change.
By being grateful change is a way of life and not something to dread.
By being grateful you look forward to the next day.
By being grateful you forget about your problems, because problems aren’t the focus.
By being grateful things that you need to “let go” of start to fall away or go away.
Gratitude allows you to let go of things, people, circumstances, thoughts, feelings, ect. that don’t serve your greater good.
Gratitude is one of the tools for learning to let go.