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You can Improve your Life With Gratitude!
In our fast paced world many do not stop and take stock in what they are grateful for in their lives. Gratefulness has become a “hidden factor” in modern society. Focus is generally on what we do not have than what we do have. Gratitude appears to be a strong determinant of people's well-being.
Numerous studies suggest that grateful people are more likely to have higher levels of happiness and lower levels of stress and depression. Participants who engaged in gratitude studies showed increases in their experiences of positive emotion immediately after the exercise. An interesting fact about gratitude is it is not an act but a specific way to feel. As I have always said “feeling is healing”.
The definition of gratitude is having thankfulness for what you have in the moment. Another definition for gratitude that I like is appreciation. Appreciation is the recognition of the quality, value, significance, or goodness of people, opportunities and things in your life.
Here is a quote which speaks to the depth of this subject;
So what will I gain from searching my heart for what I am grateful for?
To enhance your health, spirit and life balance, start today by getting in touch with your gratitude’s. Start a gratitude journal giving thanks to those things to which you are grateful.
5 Advantages of Gratitude
1. Gets you out of your logical / rational mind and into your emotional mind. Feeling gratitude has to come out of inner feeling.
2. It turns what we have into enough and it reflects good personal and moral value.
3. Shift your attitude from denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It helps to look at life as a gift.
4. Appreciation for goodness in life and paves the path for purity and spirituality.
5. Improves emotional well-being and physical health, and it can strengthen relationships. The act of gratitude energizes, inspires and transforms.
Start today by writing a letter of gratitude to yourself. This way you can assess your gratitude and begin a healthier life today.
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“Gratitude is the memory of the heart”
~Jean Baptiste Massieu
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