Gratitude can help build and sustain both new and existing relationships. Perhaps, you are a journaling aficionado; this activity can help you feel connected with others. The “cool thing” is that it can help you feel connected not only as you do the exercise but this warm supportive “thang” you experience can show up at any time during your day. If you build it, it will come and sometimes unexpectedly. OK, you don’t have to be a “journal-er” in order to connect. You can tell people face to face how much you appreciate them or write a genuinely encouraging email or IM. There are ways to practice gratitude so that it has the effect of an upward and happier spiral.
“When you become aware of the value of your friends and family members you are likely to treat them better” (Lyubomirsky, The How of Happy) and create a positive loop in which strong relationships provide you with reasons to be grateful which in turn deepens those relationships giving you more to be “grateful for”. This, in turn, naturally creates a more positive version of you and positive people are liked better by others (Lyubomirsky 2005). Plus, you are then more likely to gain and sustain more friends which in turn gives you more to be “grateful for”. It’s like the mirror image in the mirror. It just never ends.
Benefits of Gratitude Series
Benefits of Gratitude (1): Savoring Life’s Good Times
Benefits of Gratitude (2): Builds Self-Esteem
Benefits of Gratitude (3): Helps Us Deal With Stress And Trauma
Benefits of Gratitude (4): Encourages Good & Giving Behavior
Benefits of Gratitude (5): Builds and Strengthens Relationships
Benefits of Gratitude (6): Inhibits Keeping Up With The Joneses
Benefits of Gratitude (7): Deters All Negative Emotion
“When you become aware of the value of your friends and family members you are likely to treat them better” (Lyubomirsky, The How of Happy) and create a positive loop in which strong relationships provide you with reasons to be grateful which in turn deepens those relationships giving you more to be “grateful for”. This, in turn, naturally creates a more positive version of you and positive people are liked better by others (Lyubomirsky 2005). Plus, you are then more likely to gain and sustain more friends which in turn gives you more to be “grateful for”. It’s like the mirror image in the mirror. It just never ends.
Benefits of Gratitude Series
Benefits of Gratitude (1): Savoring Life’s Good Times
Benefits of Gratitude (2): Builds Self-Esteem
Benefits of Gratitude (3): Helps Us Deal With Stress And Trauma
Benefits of Gratitude (4): Encourages Good & Giving Behavior
Benefits of Gratitude (5): Builds and Strengthens Relationships
Benefits of Gratitude (6): Inhibits Keeping Up With The Joneses
Benefits of Gratitude (7): Deters All Negative Emotion
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