"In people who are grateful in general, life events have little influence on experienced gratitude"
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Definition of Gratitude
Gratitude is the feeling of being grateful: a positive feeling which involves a desire to thank another person. In a religious context, gratitude can also refer to a feeling of indebtedness towards a deity, e.g. God in Christianity.
Psychological research (Emmons & McCullough, 2003) has suggested that feelings of gratitude may be beneficial to subjective emotional well-being. In people who are grateful in general, life events have little influence on experienced gratitude (McCullough, Tsang & Emmons, 2004).
External link
World scripture: Gratitude. Quotes from religious texts about gratitude. (http://www.unification.net/ws/theme108.htm)
References
Emmons, R. A. & McCullough, M. E. (2003). Counting blessings versus burdens: An experimental investigation of gratitude and subjective well-being in daily life. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84, 377-389. (electronic copy) (http://www.psy.miami.edu/faculty/mmccullough/Gratitude-Related%20Stuff/Emmons_McCullough_2003_JPSP.pdf)
McCullough, M. E., Tsang, J. & Emmons, R. A. (2004). Gratitude in intermediate affective terrain: Links of grateful moods to individual differences and daily emotional experience. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 86,295-309. (electronic copy) (http://www.psy.miami.edu/faculty/mmccullough/Gratitude-Related%20Stuff/GIAT.pdf)
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I am grateful for:
1. my dearest husband who told me tonight that he will love me even if I weighed 300 pounds, his love is unconditional
2. the fact that he lets me use our kitchen as my scrap space until our renovations have been completed
3. that my sister is safe and sound at the hospital this weekend due to an infection in her thumb, cause unknown....I believe the Universe has given her a well-deserved break from life in the fast lane
4. going on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Hawaii in about 12 days
Gratitude is the feeling of being grateful: a positive feeling which involves a desire to thank another person. In a religious context, gratitude can also refer to a feeling of indebtedness towards a deity, e.g. God in Christianity.
Psychological research (Emmons & McCullough, 2003) has suggested that feelings of gratitude may be beneficial to subjective emotional well-being. In people who are grateful in general, life events have little influence on experienced gratitude (McCullough, Tsang & Emmons, 2004).
External link
World scripture: Gratitude. Quotes from religious texts about gratitude. (http://www.unification.net/ws/theme108.htm)
References
Emmons, R. A. & McCullough, M. E. (2003). Counting blessings versus burdens: An experimental investigation of gratitude and subjective well-being in daily life. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84, 377-389. (electronic copy) (http://www.psy.miami.edu/faculty/mmccullough/Gratitude-Related%20Stuff/Emmons_McCullough_2003_JPSP.pdf)
McCullough, M. E., Tsang, J. & Emmons, R. A. (2004). Gratitude in intermediate affective terrain: Links of grateful moods to individual differences and daily emotional experience. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 86,295-309. (electronic copy) (http://www.psy.miami.edu/faculty/mmccullough/Gratitude-Related%20Stuff/GIAT.pdf)
This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)
I am grateful for:
1. my dearest husband who told me tonight that he will love me even if I weighed 300 pounds, his love is unconditional
2. the fact that he lets me use our kitchen as my scrap space until our renovations have been completed
3. that my sister is safe and sound at the hospital this weekend due to an infection in her thumb, cause unknown....I believe the Universe has given her a well-deserved break from life in the fast lane
4. going on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Hawaii in about 12 days
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