Wise words from researchers, clinicians and thinkers. . .
"Expressing gratitude is associated with a host of mental and physical benefits. Studies have shown that feeling thankful can improve sleep, mood and immunity. Gratitude can decrease depression, anxiety, difficulties with chronic pain and risk of disease.”
-Mayo Clinic
“Without gratitude, life can be lonely, depressing and impoverished. Gratitude enriches human life. It elevates, energizes, inspires and transforms, and those who practice it will experience significant improvements in several areas of life including relationships, academics, energy level and even dealing with tragedy and crisis.”
-Robert Emmons, quoted in Project Happiness
“First, [gratitude is] 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, we recognize that the sources of this goodness are outside of ourselves. … We acknowledge that other people—or even higher powers, if you’re of a spiritual mindset—gave us many gifts, big and small, to help us achieve the goodness in our lives.”
-Robert Emmons, “Why Gratitude is Good”
“Be grateful for your life, every detail of it, and your face will come to shine like a sun, and everyone who sees it will be made glad and peaceful. Persist in gratitude, and you will slowly become one with the Sun of Love, and Love will shine through you in its all-healing joy.”
-Andrew Harvey, Light Upon Light: Inspirations from Rumi
“. . .you don't have to wait for appreciation and gratitude to spontaneously arise. You can consciously cultivate this powerful ally to a joyful heart.”
-James Baraz and Shoshana Alexander, Awakening Joy
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