Today we celebrate Thanksgiving in the United States. It's time to take a moment and reflect on what you are grateful for. Gratitude is important and I thought I'd share some benefits of bringing gratitude into your life.
You feel better. This is probably obvious, but it's true. Spend 5 minutes thinking of all the things you are thankful for and then see if you feel better than when you started. And the opposite is also true. Spend 5 minutes complaining about everything that is not going well in your life, and see how you feel afterwards. Probably not as good as you did 5 minutes ago, right?
You will boost your health. There have been studies that show optimism leads to a better immune function. A way to stop the production of stress chemicals that can cause harm to your body is by practising gratitude.
You will reduce stress. Those that have practised gratitude can better deal with stress. Stress brings more stress, so if you reduce your stress now, you'll have less stress to deal with later.
You'll bring more things to be grateful for into your life. There was a quote in the movie "The Secret" that said something like "Whatever you think about and thank about you bring about". For those that don't know, "The Secret" is a documentary about the "law of attraction", which basically means you'll bring into your reality what you think about. So what thoughts are you thinking today?
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