“Want to test the Gratitude Lens on your home country (or any other)? Grab this template, score 0–10 on each metric based on what you see in real life, and tally up. Share your results in the comments—what surprises you? Does it match how people actually live there?
Nation: [Your Choice]
- Accountability: Do leaders and people own mistakes and fix them, or blame outsiders/history? (0–10) Your Score: ___
- Assimilation: Do newcomers blend in, learn norms, contribute—or stay separate and demand changes? (0–10) Your Score: ___
- Allegiance: Loyalty to nation/community/future over tribe/sect/self? (0–10) Your Score: ___
- Permanently: Building things (laws, schools, values) that last generations? (0–10) Your Score: ___
- Prudently: Wise, low-risk choices—save, plan, avoid drama? (0–10) Your Score: ___
- Pragmatically: Focus on results that work, not ideology/feelings? (0–10) Your Score: ___
Total: ___ /60
- 50–60: Gratitude powerhouse—people flourish and stay.
- 30–49: Mixed—good bones, but fix the drags.
- Below 30: Grievance mode—time to shift habits.
Example: I scored The United States at 45/60 because of lived experience. What’s yours?
You don’t have to have a heavy scientific reason for your scores. What you’ll find is that when you average your score with others, you’ll be in the range that the table in the previous post arrived at.
It’s the SOIL test to see the potential of a good HARVEST. (GDP, HDI etc)
– The Grateful Immigrant from St. Paul, Minnesota
February 27, 2026
LIVE GRATEFUL 🇺🇸 (It starts in The Spine NOT on your Knees)
Grateful Immigrant 