A Lesson in Thanks:
Psychologist Jeffrey Froh infused middle-school classes with a small dose of gratitude -- and found that it made students feel more connected to their friends, family, and their school. They followed 221 middle school students for five weeks. Students in the gratitude condition indeed found that they had many blessings to count. While some of these were a bit idiosyncratic (e.g., being thankful for Star Wars books), the common denominator was acknowledging a gift given by a benefactor. Their journals included entries such as: "I am grateful that my mom didn't go crazy when I accidentally broke a patio table," and, "My coach helped me out at baseball practice." And the greater benefits of giving thanks? The results were clear: Higher levels of optimism, increased life satisfaction, and decreased negative feelings were all associated with students' expressions of gratitude. [more]

Be The Change:
Try keeping a gratitude journal this week. This site has "Seven Ways to Gratitude." [more]

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On Jan 14, 2008 A. S. Mathew writes:	Having a thankful heart makes a world of difference in our aapproach toward facing daily problems of life. Most of the people complain about the material things they don't have, also complain after watching the neighbour's material possession. When I make a cup of tea in the morning in a healthy surroundings with all the necessary ingredients, I thank God for the cup of tea with a prayer " Lord, while millions don't have my privilege to have a good cup of tea like I have today, I thank you for your blessings of life". A thankful heart will guide us to more blessings in life so that we are blessed and we will be channels of blessings to others. When we start counting our blessings, God will bring more blessings for us to count.
On Jan 14, 2008 Lisa M writes:	I cringed as my daughter got called to played goalie for one quarter of her soccer game. I cringed even more as she got scored on 7, 8 even 9 times! She runs off the field after the quarter ended and says happily, "Mommy, did you see my great stop?!" What soccer game was I watching??
On Jan 14, 2008 ranet writes:	The lesson today was very good it really made me realize that being optimistic improves your health and keeps you happy .Everyday there is another good lesson but this one was truly the best!!!
On Jan 14, 2008 g-) writes:	nice quote. :-)
On Jan 14, 2008 rod writes:	Despite of so hardship in life, there are still so many thing that we could be thankful for. Blessing are countless if we just embrace positive attitude. Indeed, God is good all the time....
On Jan 18, 2008 ajay writes:	a satisfaction received by u r heart will never be equal to the entire money u earn through out u r life
On Nov 3, 2009 noel writes:	We spend 70% of our life worrying about stuff that never happens
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