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Why practise gratitude?
Why practise gratitude?
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Nothing changes your attitude and other people's responses faster than practising gratitude - that blend of being aware of, appreciating and enjoying all that we have and take for granted. It is the conscious act of falling in love with your life as it is, and it is the power behind attracting more of what we want and less of what we don’t want. The key to attracting more of what you do want is to imagine that you already have what you want to manifest and feel grateful.
From the list below of ways to practise gratitude, choose one and practise it for the next week. Note how you feel at the end of the week.
From the list below of ways to practise gratitude, choose one and practise it for the next week. Note how you feel at the end of the week.
1. Thank people for everything they do for you.
2. Look for opportunities to express pleasure in
what comes your way.
3. Focus on what's uplifting.
4. See more and more to be pleased about.
Comment on that.
2. Look for opportunities to express pleasure in
what comes your way.
3. Focus on what's uplifting.
4. See more and more to be pleased about.
Comment on that.
5. Monitor what you talk about. Complain less, or not at all!
6. Treat strangers with real courtesy.
7. Treat family with real courtesy.
8. Practise kindness when on the roads.
9. Wake up to all your senses (eyes, taste, scent, hearing, touch). Appreciate
how they allow you to engage and enjoy the world and the people around you.
10. Have something beautiful in every room or on your desk.
11. Let yourself notice how much goodness there is in the world.
6. Treat strangers with real courtesy.
7. Treat family with real courtesy.
8. Practise kindness when on the roads.
9. Wake up to all your senses (eyes, taste, scent, hearing, touch). Appreciate
how they allow you to engage and enjoy the world and the people around you.
10. Have something beautiful in every room or on your desk.
11. Let yourself notice how much goodness there is in the world.
Scientific study on gratitude reveals….
<http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/labs/emmons/>
The Research Project on Gratitude and Thanksgiving conducted by Drs Michael McCullough and Robert Emmons found that gratitude plays a significant role in a person's sense of well-being. The scientific study required several hundred people in three different groups to keep daily diaries. The first group kept a diary of the events that occurred during the day, while the second group recorded their unpleasant experiences. The last group made a daily list of things for which they were grateful.
The results of the study indicated that daily gratitude exercises resulted in higher reported levels of alertness, enthusiasm, determination, optimism and energy. Additionally, the gratitude group experienced less depression and stress, was more likely to help others, exercised more regularly and made more progress toward personal goals.
According to the findings, people who feel grateful are also more likely to feel loved. McCullough says these results also seem to show that gratitude works independently of religious faith. Though gratitude is a substantial part of most religions, he says the benefits extend to the general population, regardless of faith or lack thereof.
<http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/labs/emmons/>
The Research Project on Gratitude and Thanksgiving conducted by Drs Michael McCullough and Robert Emmons found that gratitude plays a significant role in a person's sense of well-being. The scientific study required several hundred people in three different groups to keep daily diaries. The first group kept a diary of the events that occurred during the day, while the second group recorded their unpleasant experiences. The last group made a daily list of things for which they were grateful.
The results of the study indicated that daily gratitude exercises resulted in higher reported levels of alertness, enthusiasm, determination, optimism and energy. Additionally, the gratitude group experienced less depression and stress, was more likely to help others, exercised more regularly and made more progress toward personal goals.
According to the findings, people who feel grateful are also more likely to feel loved. McCullough says these results also seem to show that gratitude works independently of religious faith. Though gratitude is a substantial part of most religions, he says the benefits extend to the general population, regardless of faith or lack thereof.