The Meaning Of Gratitude
The Meaning Of Gratitude I don't know many people who would argue against the value of giving thanks, so on the surface, it would seem like I'm just preaching to the choir here. It's easy to be grateful for all the blessings we have in life, such as family, friends, health, food, shelter, etc. Expressing gratitude is also associated with several benefits from better mental and physical health to better relationships and productivity. I recently typed gratitude into a Google search and it returned 109,000,000 results, and I noticed a disturbing trend. Based on the best links that came back, it seems that many people use gratitude for selfish ends. Among the top links returned on the first page of my search were: "31 Benefits of Gratitude You Didn't Know About," "Can Gratitude Help Millennials Succeed?" and "7 Surprising Health Benefits of Gratitude." In my experience, the only true practice of gratitude is when it is done to enrich others...