Benefits of being grateful

Some facts about gratitude

• Happiness – Studies prove that being grateful makes life more joyful and pleasurable, gives us more optimism and happiness
• Resilience – Gratitude helps us be more resilient while facing serious life situations like trauma or suffering
• Health – Grateful people have 10% fewer stress related illnesses, are more physically fit and have blood pressure that is lower by 12%
• Social – Being grateful strengthens social ties as we become more helpful, generous and compassionate, more forgiving, more outgoing, feel less lonely and isolated
• Community – Grateful people have a stronger bond with the local community
• Work – Happy peoples income is roughly 7% higher
• Youth – 13% fewer fights, 20% more likely to get good grades, Grateful teens are 10 times less likely to start smoking
• Life – Positive emotions can add up to 7 years to your life

How does practicing gratitude help you

• Gratitude helps you be more helpful, generous, compassionate, forgiving, outgoing, and less lonely & isolated
• Gratitude helps you sleep better
• Gratitude strengthens your relationship
• Gratitude helps you be a better friend to others
• Gratitude benefits the heart
• Gratitude helps you feel more alert, alive, and awake
• Gratitude can ward off envy
• Gratitude protects you from negative emotions that come with extreme loss
• Gratitude boosts well-being
• Gratitude good for teens’ mental health
• Gratitude can cause you to exercise more
• In the face of discouragement, gratitude has the power to energize.
• In the face of brokenness, gratitude has the power to heal.
• In the face of despair, gratitude has the power to bring hope.

Sources – Huffingtonpost.com,
Robert Emmons (Ph.D University of California, Davis)

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