Can you be taught how to be gracious? I'm not sure you can.
You can be taught manners, etiquette, to be polite, even, to some degree, how to be conscious of, and care for others. But I think grace comes from within. Or doesn't.
A society that is self-centred, mercenary and materialistic is not likely to become gracious.
Nor, I suggest, need it be, if it is successful.
Because fake, forced or self-serving grace is not gracious at all.
I agree being gracious is a talent, but surely you can learn to become more gracious?
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