One of the most healing and healthy emotions, if not the healthiest emotion is gratitude.
Gratitude affects you physically, emotionally, intellectually, and spiritually – on every level. All your worries and cares – are all given a comforting, healthy boost when you express gratitude – you can’t be miserable and depressed when you are grateful.
How can you express gratitude?
Be grateful you are alive, that your heart is beating, that you have the potential to heal and grow and think, and have loved ones in your life. Be grateful that you can walk. Appreciate your feet, toes, and knees. legs, bones, muscles, balance, eyes, ears, and more!
Look back on your life and see when you were guided and helped, perhaps unknowingly.
When you feel gratitude your brain releases feel-good chemicals (dopamine and serotonin). They enhance our mood immediately, making us feel happy from the inside
Your body is full of miracles – every single body part: cell, tissue, organ, bone, gland, tooth, fluid is a miracle. Your breathing is a miracle, your heartbeat, the rhythms of your brain, your nerves, your eyes, your energy, and more. But it’s not just about your body. Practicing gratitude towards others can benefit you in many other ways, The following are a few of the benefits of an attitude of gratitude:
- It makes us happier, enhances empathy, and reduces aggression…
- It reduces stress. …
- It improves self-esteem. …
- It helps us be more resilient. …
- It helps us sleep. …
- It improves our physical health. …
- It improves our romantic relationships. …
- It improves our friendships and opens the door to more relationships. (1)
What are you going to do today to express gratitude?