I think there may be a good argument that the root of immorality is wanting what you do not have. Conversely the appreciation of what you have leads to moral behaviour.
This is quite apart from the obvious and simple spiritual truth that appreciating what you have makes you happier than anguishing over what you don't. What you have is always, always greater than you first think.
An implication of this is that a daily practice of appreciation has a moral as well as a spiritual dimension.
It keeps you right in both senses.
For the religious, it redefines prayer away from a shopping list, and towards that for which it was more probably intended. Giving thanks.
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