Gratitude and Thankfulness Nov 4th

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According to Schulz (2018) being grateful is about appreciating what one has, as opposed to what one wants. While being thankful or thanking someone often implies you are acknowledging your thanks for something that someone has given you. For example, when you drop something at the grocery store and someone picks it up for you, you will naturally say thank you. Actions surrounding thankfulness lasts for a moment whereas gratefulness is an emotional response to a reflection of an event or series of events and it happens at a much deeper level. However, thankfulness, gratefulness, and gratitude are all connected. So today, we will learn about how these states of mind affect our lives.

A simple "thank you" from other people, can lift one's mood and offer the one expressing it a sense of lightness knowing that they made someone’s feeling better. People who are grateful and have no [wiki]hesitation[/wiki] about expressing their gratitude are more likely to achieve fulfillment. They are aware that they did or said something wonderful that caused someone to be grateful to them, or that they were able to make someone happy the moment they expressed their gratitude.

Numerous studies conducted over the last decade show that people who actively appreciate their blessings are happier and less depressed. However, most of these thankfulness studies have been done on people who are in good mental health. With that, a recent research seeks to answer the question ‘Is gratitude beneficial for people who struggle with mental health issues? And, if so, how?.’ We will tackle the research on the following paragraphs.

The research study involves over 300 adults, mainly college students needing mental health counseling at a university. The majority of these young adults were dealing with depression and anxiety in general. The participants were divided into three groups at random. The first group was told to write one letter of thankfulness to another person every week for three weeks, while the second group was told to write about their deepest thoughts and feelings concerning negative experiences. The third group did not participate in any writing exercises.

The research findings revealed that those who wrote gratitude letters reported considerably better mental health 4 and 12 weeks after their writing exercise completed, compared to those who wrote about negative situations or just received counseling. This implies that thankfulness writing is useful not only for mentally healthy and well-adjusted people, but also for those who suffer from mental health issues. In fact, it appears that practicing thankfulness in addition to receiving psychological treatment has more benefits than counseling alone, even if the gratitude practice happened only for a short period of time.

A gratitude journal or thank you diary are powerful tools used for keeping track of the positive things in life. There is always something to be grateful for, no matter how terrible and depressing life can be at times. Aside from journaling, more gratitude practices include 1.) Simply paying attention to little things in life, such as the birds in the trees. 2.) Expressing gratitude to someone for what they did, even if it was a long time ago. 3.) Expressing thanks by doing something nice for someone in your life. 4.) Focusing on the positive parts of your life during meditation. 5.) expressing gratitude through prayer.

In our company, we do shout-outs. This is a way to appreciate members of our organization for doing something well. It's typically connected to the good work they've done, like meeting sales goals, but it could also be something else, like planning a company lunch. Appreciation is important to ensure that a person feels valued. Research has shown that employees are more likely to stay with the company in the long run and even perform their job better if they feel valued. It's the key to really engaged employees, which means you can get higher levels of [wiki]performance[/wiki] from them, all of which contributes to a happier [wiki]workforce[/wiki] and improved business results.

Overall, practicing gratitude [wiki]boosts[/wiki] our [wiki]immune system[/wiki], improves our [wiki]mental health[/wiki], improves our relationships, and increases our optimism. If you incorporate thankfulness in your daily life, it will almost certainly have a good [wiki]long-term[/wiki] impact on your mental health and [wiki]well-being[/wiki].