- Be happier
- Be healthier
- Reduce negative emotions
- Cope better
- Increase self-worth
- Increase life’s meaning
- Enjoy your work more
- Improve your relationships
- Increase your spiritual connections
- Improve your parenting skills
She’s written a few lines about each of these 10 benefits of practicing gratitude.
Here’s #1 –
“1) Be happier. In the words of David Steindl-Rast, a Benedictine monk, “The root of joy is gratefulness…. It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful.” When we are good at being grateful, we see and experience more of the “good” in life, no matter life’s circumstances. We learn to appreciate the rainbows and the storms in life, and that makes us happier.”