GRATITUDE

“A thankful appreciation for what an individual receives, whether tangible or intangible. With gratitude, people acknowledge the goodness in their lives… As a result, gratitude also helps people connect to something larger than themselves as individuals–whether to other people, nature, or a higher power”. — Harvard Medical School

“The appreciation of what is valuable and meaningful to oneself and represents a general state of thankfulness and/or appreciation”. (Sansone & Sansone, 2010).

“An emotion that is typically evoked when one receives costly, unexpected, and intentionally rendered benefits, and is thought to play a key role in regulating the initiation and maintenance of social relationships” (Forster et al., 2017).

“A social emotion that signals our recognition of the things others have done for us” (Fox et al., 2015).

“If we acquire a good through exchange, effort or achievement, or by right, then we don’t typically feel gratitude. Gratitude is an emotion we feel in response to receiving something good which is undeserved” (Lacewing, 2016).

“Gratitude is a positively valenced emotion that can arise when another person–a benefactor–does something kind for the self (Algoe et al., 2016).

“Gratitude is not goods delivered in response to payment. It is a response to a gift?… Gratitude, as a response to a gift, is also a form of generosity, of graciously crediting the other for something that was not strictly owed” (Roberts, 1991).

“Gratitude has been conceptualized as an emotion, a virtue, a moral sentiment, a motive, a coping response, a skill, and an attitude. It is all of these and more. Minimally, gratitude is an emotional response to a gift. It is the appreciation felt after one has been the beneficiary of an altruistic act” (Emmons & Crumpler, 2000).

“Gratitude has a dual meaning: a worldly one and a transcendent one. In its worldly sense, gratitude is a feeling that occurs in interpersonal exchanges when one person acknowledges receiving a valuable benefit from another. Gratitude is a cognitive-affective state that is typically associated with the perception that one has received a personal benefit that was not intentionally sought after, deserved, or earned but rather because of the good intentions of another person” (Emmons & Stern, 2013).

“The state of being grateful.” — Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Gratitude is rewarding because giving gratitude daily helps us grow as well as stay grounded.

In the blink of an eye, it could all be taken away... Be grateful, not everyone gets to make it this far.

Be thankful!

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