Rather than getting more spoilt with age, as difficulties pile up, epiphanies of gratitude abound.

Deprivation quickly drives us into a process of appreciation.

Paying tax should be framed as a glorious civic duty worthy of gratitude - not a punishment for making money.

One of our major flaws, and causes of unhappiness, is that we find it hard to take note of appreciate and be grateful for what is always around us. We suffer because we lose sight of the value of what is before us and yearn, often unfairly, for the imagined attraction elsewhere.