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There’s a morning each year when Central New York wakes shimmering. Frost settles over the Onondaga hills, corn stubble glints silver in the sunrise, and the last golden leaves cling stubbornly to the maples. One day the fields are only cool and damp, and the next, winter has arrived.

First gradually, and then suddenly. Our minds work in much the same way. The neural pathways of gratitude, those quiet connections that shape how we think and feel, aren’t built in a day. They form slowly, through repetition and attention. Gratitude isn’t just a fleeting emotion; it’s a mental habit that rewires how we experience the world and the way

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