Gratitude is an ethic that experts now see as equally secular and religious – not to mention a healthy recipe for Thanksgiving all year round. This is the cover story project of the Nov. 21 issue of The Christian Science Monitor weekly magazine. (AP/BusinessWire photos)

Gratitude: a healthy recipe for Thanksgiving

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Gratitude is an ethic that experts now see as equally secular and religious – not to mention a healthy recipe for Thanksgiving all year round.

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