If you take the time to write these things down on paper, you'll be amazed at what you come up with. I'd like for you to develop the habit of practicing the four A's (Appreciation, Approval, Admiration, and Attention).
One of the best ways to cultivate gratitude is to surround yourself with positive people. When you're surrounded by people who make you feel good, it's easy to be grateful. Look for friends, family members, and colleagues who make you feel happy, supported, and appreciated.
Everyone can benefit from making an effort to practice gratitude every day. These 3 steps can help you start feeling more grateful, and appreciative of the good things in your life: Notice good things, look for them, appreciate them. Savor, absorb, and really pay attention to those good things.
First – Feeling grateful for the good things in your life; Second – Expressing your gratitude to the people who have made your life better; and Third – Adopting new behaviors as a result of interacting with those who have helped you.
Robert Emmons, psychology professor and gratitude researcher at the University of California, Davis, explains that there are two key components of practicing gratitude: We affirm the good things we've received. We acknowledge the role other people play in providing our lives with goodness.
The instructions are simple: At least every other day, take 5-10 minutes to write down at least 3 things you are grateful for, including why you are grateful for each thing. Be specific, going for depth over breadth. It's not just a list; it's a an opportunity for reflecting on and savoring the gifts you've been given.
According to the statistics, extraversion, openness to experience, agreeableness, and conscientiousness correlated positively with gratitude. Inversely, neuroticism was associated negatively with gratitude.
By recognizing the way others treat you, I am linking gratitude to The Golden Rule: Treat Others the Way You Wish They Would Treat You. If we give to others, perhaps they will give to us in return. In this way, “we pay it forward.”
Being thankful to the person who cooked for you. Being thankful for your good health. Appreciating the person who cleans your house. Acknowledging your junior at work for taking the initiative to ease your workload.
Some psychologists further categorize three types of gratitude: gratitude as an “affective trait” (one's overall tendency to have a grateful disposi- tion), a mood (daily fluctuations in overall grati- tude), and an emotion (a more temporary feeling of gratitude that one may feel after receiving a gift or a favor from ...
When you are grateful, it is impossible to also be hateful, angry, or fearful. Gratitude cannot be requested, demanded, or coerced, it can only be given. It is a gift, not an exchange. Gratitude is a virtue because we chose to celebrate, rather than to resent, what is.
Start writing down one thing you are thankful for every day. If you'd rather not write it in a journal, here's another idea: write something you're grateful for every day on a small piece of paper, and place the paper in a jar. When you're feeling down, open the jar and look at all the reasons you have to be grateful.
Gratitude can be a coping tool for anxiety. Regularly practicing gratitude combats negative thinking patterns by keeping thoughts focused on the present. If you find yourself focusing on negative thoughts about the past or future, challenge yourself to find something you are grateful for now.
