It’s Good for You

“Giving thanks doesn’t seem to have a downside. When we choose gratitude…

• our physical health improves. Grateful people generally feel healthy, tend to exercise more often, and are more likely to take care of their health than ungrateful people
• our psychological health improves. Gratitude replaces toxic emotions as regret, frustration, envy, resentment, and depression.
• we sleep better. This often happens when we spend a handful of minutes, right before we go to bed, writing down what we’re grateful for. (psychologytoday.com)

Maybe you’ve experienced that being thankful can also help your mind-set, your expectations for the day, and your sense of God’s presence. Think, too, about how you feel when you spend time with someone who clearly has a thankful heart: your thankful heart may be just the touch of winsomeness that will draw someone to Jesus.

Clearly, only good comes from us and for the people around us when we choose to be thankful…” (Thankful)