Gratitude is
one of those things we never like doing but research has shown that it is one
of the best things we can do to keep healthy not just physically but also
mentally. It is suggested that if we keep a gratitude journal then we are less
likely to be aggressive, more likely to improve relations with others, reduce
depression, increase happiness and general well being and even help to go to
sleep
easily.
There are lots of benefits to be had from cultivating a habit of expressing gratitude. Here's a list of few:
Induces proper sleep
Eliminates depression
Increases happiness and wellbeing
Increase self-esteem
Induces positive emotions
Reduces bad thoughts
It helps like people
Helps make friends
Reduces stress and blood pressure
Makes people optimistic
Here are 10 inspiring gratitude quotes and sayings to get you started:
1 Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is
excellent in others belong to us as well... Voltaire
When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is
blessed... Maya Angelou
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the
parent of all the others... Sir Winston Churchill
Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my
character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness,
immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain
and treasure the most precious gift I have - life itself... Walter Anderson
Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind
can see... Mark Twain
I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of
thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder... Gilbert K.
Chesterton
You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you
might pray also in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance... Kahlil
Gibran, The Prophet
Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If
you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough... Oprah
Winfrey
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the
parent of all others... Marcus Tullius Cicero
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the
highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them... John F.
Kennedy
