Week 8 post 1
Gratitude: is the feeling of reverence for things that are given Being thankful Grateful disposition predicts greater: Happiness Life satisfaction Optimism Predicts lower levels of: Envy Possessiveness Anxiety Depression It also predicts Reduced post-traumatic stress in veterans and female college students (kashdan, 2006; vernon, 2009) More pro social leadership (michi, 2009) Greater relationship satisfaction (gordon et al., 2011) Dr. Emmons : Gratitude can heal, energy, and change lives A turning of the mind Affirmation of goodness Habitually looking at life through gratitude. Grateful people see all of life the good and the bad and they choose to see life as a gift A glass half empty vs a glass half full Can you be grateful and not happy? Discussion If gratitude is an emotion that we measure just based on individual occurrences, and happiness is just a feeling then yes, it is possible at times no...