Save Your Life with Gratitude
Is the world going to hell, or are we looking in the wrong direction? How does turning gratitude outward heal? It's a lifestyle change that can save your life.
When you look for and see the good in everything, or at the very least make the best of a situation, your world is more habitable. When you add in practicing gratitude, it significantly impacts your life, your health, and your mental and emotional well-being. But it doesn't end there. It will also have a big impact on those around you and the world at large when you start to turn your gratitude outwards and share it far and wide.
Roman writer and philosopher Cicero called gratitude the parent of all virtue. In other words, if we practice gratitude, we're also getting better at things like kindness, generosity, orderliness, courage, honesty, and respect, to name a few. What does this mean in practical terms? If we practice gratitude, we cannot help but become better people.
Gratitude Changes Your Attitude from Burnout to Bliss
Gratitude is powerful, and we're just scratching the surface when it comes to discovering the various mental and physical effects it has on us. Let's look at a few to give you an idea of what you can expect if you start to make feeling gratitude a daily focus.
The Mental Benefits Of Gratitude
Practicing gratitude helps your overall mental health because you instantly have a better outlook on life. Don't be surprised at how much better you feel when practicing gratitude daily. Of course, the benefits don't stop at increased happiness. Feeling more gratitude has been linked to a better self-image, less anxiety, and even reduced depression. This comes as no surprise to scientists who have recorded increased levels of dopamine and serotonin after intentional gratitude meditations.
The Physical Benefits Of Gratitude
This is where it gets interesting. It's one thing to feel better emotionally, but releasing these "feel-good" hormones also affects your physical body. Gratitude reduces stress; with it, you sleep better, your blood pressure lowers, and you have more energy. As a result, you move more, improving overall physical health. Your gratitude mindset motivates you to go out for a walk, getting more oxygen into your body and loading up on Vitamin D. Being able to sleep soundly reduces appetite, and less stress helps you make smarter food choices. All these things work hand in hand to turn you into a healthier and more robust version of yourself.
Gratitude is particularly important for heart health. With heart disease one of the leading causes of death in modern society, there's never been a better time to practice gratitude and release stress. Between lower blood pressure and reduced stress, you are putting less strain on your heart. The added exercise and sleep strengthen your heart muscle and give this most important organ time to recover and heal overnight.
How can you tap into both the mental and physical benefits of gratitude? By feeling more of it. Of course, that's easier said than done. A great place to start is by creating a habit of thinking of at least one person or one thing you are deeply grateful for each morning as soon as you wake up. Give it a try! It sets the tone for the whole day and gets you off to a great start to reap these powerful benefits.
Often the simple SOULutions are right in front of us, but we get blinded by all the craziness we are bombarded with. Being grateful is a free healing modality available to all of us. With the right attitude, we can live more blissfully and help others achieve their dreams.
Now let's take this a step further. What if you take it out to the world instead of simply practicing gratitude for yourself? What could happen? What force of good could you create? There is no telling how many lives you could influence for the better while you're getting better.
Like a pebble in a still pond, our intentions reverberate.
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