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Bookmark or Share- Five Myths about Gratitude - Greater GoodThe results showed that the gratitude group reported feeling more closure and less unpleasant emotions than participants who didn’t write about their experience from a grateful perspective. The grateful writers weren’t told to deny or ignore the negative aspects of their memory. Yet they seemed more resilient in the face of those troubles.
- Six Habits of Highly Grateful People - Greater Good“Seeing with grateful eyes requires that we see the web of interconnection in which we alternate between being givers and receivers,” writes Emmons. “The humble person says that life is a gift to be grateful for, not a right to be claimed.” ## 4. They’re grateful to people, not just things
- Five Ways to Make the Most of Your Gratitude - Greater GoodFor their part, Americans are very grateful—they just don’t tend to say so. That’s also what the John Templeton Foundation found in their gratitude survey. They call it a “gratitude gap,” explaining that “90 percent [of Americans] are grateful for family and 87 percent grateful for friends.”
- Is Gratitude Good for Your Health? - Greater GoodIndeed, more grateful people report having healthier lifestyles, more grateful heart attack patients adhere better to their doctors’ recommendations, and college students who count blessings weekly for 10 weeks exercise significantly more than those who do other writing activities. But there are other possible mechanisms.
- Happiness Break: 5 Minutes of Gratitude - Greater Good5. Take a moment to think about what you’re really grateful for today, right now. 6. Notice how you’re feeling now, compared to when you started, and then start to bring movement back to your body, wiggling fingers and toes, maybe slowly standing up. 7. If you have the time, spend a few minutes journaling about what you thought about.
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