Exercising Appreciation

This is a tough art for many of us, I have some theories as to why.

So first, I want to say that I don’t totally love the word appreciate in the context in which we use it today: Its etymology comes from (Latin) to (ad) + price (pretium). Perhaps this is why I’ve always had an uneasy relationship with the concept—I think it maybe feels cheap? Transactional? I don’t know. But I certainly felt seen by Diana Chapman, Jim D…