Expressing gratitude is good for you. Just ask University of Miami psychology professor Michael McCullough whose done extensive research on the subject: “It does make people happier…it’s that incredible feeling.” Maryann Troiani, a Chicago area psychologist and self-help author, is quoted as saying: “Gratitude really changes your attitude and your outlook on life.” That’s why
Expressing gratitude is good for you. Just ask University of Miami psychology professor Michael McCullough whose done extensive research on the subject: “It does make people happier…it’s that incredible feeling.”
Maryann Troiani, a Chicago area psychologist and self-help author, is quoted as saying: “Gratitude really changes your attitude and your outlook on life.” That’s why she’s a fan of gratitude journals to keep track of the good in your life.
University of California, Davis psychology professor Robert Emmons, who writes about the science of gratitude, says that people who practice it “feel more alert, alive, interested, enthusiastic. They also feel more connected to others.” He adds, “Grateful people are also less likely to “experience envy, anger, resentment, regret and other unpleasant states that produce stress.
Christopher Peterson, of the University of Michigan, ended up taking his own advice after asking others to write a letter to someone who had touched them with their kindness, but had never received a thank you for it. He says, "It was very beneficial for me. I was much more cheerful."
Why not send a Good for You Message to someone whose made a positive difference in your life and may not even know it.
AP, 11/22/2011
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