Cultivating Your Attitude of Gratitude
What are the various dimensions of the expression of "gratitude" - here is a dictionary definition and some synonyms - definition = " the quality of being thankful;/ readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness." - synonyms: = " gratefulness, thankfulness, thanks, appreciation, recognition, acknowledgement, hat tip, credit, regard, respect; sense of obligation, indebtedness"
First of all "appreciation" - in order to appreciate a kindness or acknowledge an act that deepens personal knowledge - I think that a level of consciousness becomes necessary if valuable information "is" taken on board and then internalized and acted upon - here with consciousness you have "RECOGNITION" - in order to "recognize" the value that someone else's actions have for you there must be a threshold of consciousness that has been passed - credit - to credit someone that has helped you make sense of the vicissitudes that one encounters especially in terms of health - awareness of the generosity and charity of others by conveying RESPECT - to REGARD the input of another with appreciative acknowledgement - to "tip one's hat" as a token of appreciation -
If your happiness could use a boost, this year, commit to cultivating an attitude of gratitude — every day. Gratitude not only paves the way to life satisfaction, research has also demonstrated it is the single best predictor of good relationships, and benefits both sanity and physical health. Enhancing your well-being, then, may be as simple as taking the time each day to reflect on what you're thankful for.
A simple and proven way of doing this is to keep a gratitude journal, in which you document the things you're grateful for each day. In one study, participants who kept a gratitude diary and reflected on what they were grateful for just four times a week for three weeks improved their depression, stress and happiness scores.
A mindfulness intervention, consisting of a mindfulness diary and mindfulness meditation, led to similar improvements. In another study, people who kept a gratitude journal reported exercising more, and had fewer visits to the doctor.
· J Altern Complement Med. 2015 Apr;21(4):243-5.
· Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 2003: 84(2); 377-389
· Harvard Mental Health Letter November 2011
Everyone can potentially be my teacher ... it is true that one learns from everyone, but it is also necessary to select the good to learn and help to learn who does not know life in all its breadth, coming to think with a universal feeling of sharing love, empathy and gratitude.
Receiving and sharing a kind gesture or an act of courtesy can, without a doubt, move you and guide you towards your legitimate and true nature of generosity, gratitude and joy.
Health Benefits of Gratitude
Aside from augmenting happiness and life satisfaction, gratitude also produces measurable effects on a number of bodily systems, including beneficial effects on mood and pleasure-related neurotransmitters, reproductive and social bonding hormones, cognition, blood pressure and more. Importantly, it lowers the stress hormone cortisol and inflammatory cytokines, which are often elevated if you have chronic disease.
· CNN Health November 26, 2015
· Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 2003: 84(2); 377-389
· Natural Stacks July 10, 2017
People who are not able to experience gratitude have a high narcissism. The grateful are also people who barely accept negative feelings such as resentment and envy. The grateful are also more generous and their heart is able to connect with all the wonderful things in the universe.
Water fasting, has contributed greatly to the re-booting of my mind, body, and psyche ,enabling me to exist with a song in my heart and filled with gratitude, without even trying, in spite of the fact that I live on the same infected planet and in the same foul and perverse system of things that have overtaken this earth, as you. I am not blind to what is occurring on this planet, unlike a number that errantly think that blinding of self to the situations occurring ,is a prerequisite to the ability to be happy.
Walking on the happiness highways and SERVICE trails which lead from the sorrows of this system, is really not as unpleasant as it may seem or sound to a #. No soul has to be happy against their will.
Great truths, meditation, the meeting of one's self, knowing oneself, control of situations is very important to achieve self-esteem, security and happiness. Many people are convinced that happiness depends on the circumstances that surround them, and that those are what make you happy or unhappy. This approach is wrong, it is not the circumstances, but how you react before those circumstances
Each one of us is like a ship sailing through the sea of life. Winds and storms - natural disasters and personal tragedies, come and go, but as long as you control the wheel and your sails, you can go where you please, regardless of the storms and winds. In fact, storms and rain can enrich life, everything depends on how everyone sees it.
The human being does not tolerate uncertainty, when they overcome their capacity for reaction. We might think that uncertainty opens up a world of infinite possibilities and that this is good.
But, unfortunately, the human being focuses more on the feeling of lack of power, and the importance of control than on thinking about the good that could happen. There is a great truth "Knowledge is power". The most important reason why the brain insists on predicting the future is that it feels more secure controlling the experiences we are going to have.
We want to know what will happen, to be able to do something about it. Our desire to control our lives is intense and the feeling is so rewarding that research suggests that when we lose our ability to control things we feel unhappy, helpless and depressed.
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Thank you … I have posted over hundreds of times to this site - the results of the last 3 years of almost daily posting has been an enormous improvement in my memory recall function/ an alertness/ a consciousness of the difference between disease and health/ lifestyle,a sense of indebtedness to my Contacts / followers for their consciousness appraisal - these altruistically driven acts on LinkedIn leaves me with one last thought - " THANK YOU "
Everyone can potentially be my teacher ... it is true that one learns from everyone, but it is also necessary to select the good to learn and help to learn who does not know life in all its breadth, coming to think with a universal feeling of sharing love, empathy and gratitude.
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Receiving and sharing a kind gesture or an act of courtesy can, without a doubt, move you and guide you towards your legitimate and true nature of generosity, gratitude and joy.
Gratitude requires that there be a system of ethical values, where the concepts of giving and receiving are shared, as well as a RENUNCIATION OF THE EGOCENTRIC VISION OF LIFE. People who are not able to experience gratitude have a high narcissism.
The grateful are also people who barely accept negative feelings such as resentment and envy. The grateful are also more generous and their heart is able to connect with all the wonderful things in the universe.
Gratitude is also a form of generosity, as it involves extending “something” to another person, even if it’s only a verbal affirmation of thanks, and generosity and happiness are neurally linked.
"Gratitude is not only the greatest of the virtues, but it engenders all the others" -Cicerón