Does Gratitude Really Matter?

It’s a fair question. Many people suggest that you should express gratitude, and still there is not a whole lot that will tell you why it is so important. This study is very profound and proves how important gratitude can be for good health. If you want to live long and healthy life gratitude is certainly a part of the equation. 

So the next question might be what are some ways to introduce gratitude into your everyday life? If you like quotes you may want to start a gratitude journal where the quote would be used to spur the writing. Let’s check out a few examples.

“Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for.”  Zig Ziglar

It’s a great quote and it is useless unless it inspires you to display a more grateful approach to your daily life. So let’s break it down a bit and see if any of these ideas resonate with your search for a more grateful life.

What emotions do you feel the most every day?

Are any of those emotions something you can transition into a gratitude statement that is believable and something you can learn to live by? 

Perhaps you get up every morning and say “It’s going to be a long workday.”  Is it accurate?  If it’s the way you feel and it is also the beginning of a fabulous gratitude statement. Vitalize that statement with something like this. “It is going to be a long workday and I will have many opportunities to share gratitude and elevate my attitude.”

Here is something we don’t usually do on Virily, and it seems like new challenges might be a good idea.