Tag: Gratitude

The Profound Health Benefits of Being Grateful

Via Mercola

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  • The ability to experience gratitude to others is a fundamental feature of human cognition
  • Positive effects linked to gratitude include social, psychological and physical benefits, which increase the more you make gratitude a regular part of your daily routine
  • Gratitude has a positive effect on psychopathology, especially depression, adaptive personality characteristic, positive social relationships and physical health, including stress and sleep
  • Those who are grateful have even been found to have a better sense of the meaning of life by being able to perceive good family function and peer relationships
  • Two gratitude interventions that you can try in your daily life to promote gratitude include keeping a gratitude journal and expressing gratitude to others, such as by writing thank you notes

Gratitude is a simple practice that can have profound effects on your health and well-being. Its underpinnings are believed to be principles of cooperation that were pivotal in the development of human communication and social reciprocity, and the ability to experience gratitude to others is a fundamental feature of human cognition.1

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The Man on the Mountain and Our Fair Share

By Doug “Uncola” Lynn via TheBurningPlatform.com

At the onset of the apocalypse just as a fog settled into the valleys like lingering smoke from distant battlefields, a man struggled up the mountain to see what he could see.  There, he found clarity above the clouds and while seeing the shadows below.  He could also see other mountain tops in the distance and other climbers sending messages as if by firelight; or, rather, electronic reflections on flashing screens.

In the upper elevations the air was cool and bright. The sun shone unhindered against a blue canopy like a candle held high and the brilliant stars at night blinked and twinkled as friendly eyes in the ether .  The man had words he wanted to share with the other climbers as well as those residing in the valleys below, so he built a platform and set upon it a billboard where words were posted for all to see.  Others responded to the man’s messages and many even joined him on the mountain as the man would even place the words of other climbers from their own lofts on the distant mountaintops.

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