Counting your blessings promotes good physical health, according to a study by some US doctors. Volunteers who kept weekly gratitude journals reported fewer aches and pains than those who recorded daily hassles or neutral events.
A “gratitude visit” was developed by Dr. Martin E. P. Seligman to promote strong emotional health. He tells people to think of someone who has made an important difference in their lives. He asks them to write the story of how that person has helped them, and then to visit that person and read the story aloud. Tests show that a year later the people who had done sow ere happier and reported fewer episodes of depression. Even more important, think of what it must have done for those who were thanked!
That attitude of gratitude is so important. I review my list of things I'm gratful for every night...and the more you add to it, the better you feel! -Karen
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