"If you want to find happiness, find gratitude." - Steve Maraboli
Robert Emmons, perhaps the world’s leading scientific expert on gratitude, argues that gratitude has two key components, which he describes in a Greater Good essay, “Why Gratitude Is Good.”
“First,” he writes, “it’s an affirmation of goodness. We affirm that there are good things in the world, gifts and benefits we’ve received.”
In the second part of gratitude, he explains, “we recognize that the sources of this goodness are outside of ourselves. We acknowledge that other people and even higher powers gave us many gifts, big and small, to help us achieve the goodness in our lives.”
As we appreciate and give thanks for the blessings that we have our heart moves from limitation and fear to expansion and love. As we are appreciating something, we become less self-centered. It has been scientifically proven that is one key to happiness.
Robert Emmons, perhaps the world’s leading scientific expert on gratitude, argues that gratitude has two key components, which he describes in a Greater Good essay, “Why Gratitude Is Good.”
“First,” he writes, “it’s an affirmation of goodness. We affirm that there are good things in the world, gifts and benefits we’ve received.”
In the second part of gratitude, he explains, “we recognize that the sources of this goodness are outside of ourselves. We acknowledge that other people and even higher powers gave us many gifts, big and small, to help us achieve the goodness in our lives.”
As we appreciate and give thanks for the blessings that we have our heart moves from limitation and fear to expansion and love. As we are appreciating something, we become less self-centered. It has been scientifically proven that is one key to happiness.