According to a study from the National Institutes of Health, people who
experience feelings of gratitude show increased blood flow in areas of the brain linked to the «feel good» neurotransmitter: dopamine.
Accept gifts from others and
experience the feeling of gratitude for the offering.
Not exact matches
In Orthodoxy, G. K. Chesterton tellingly confided his own
experience of gratitude: «The test
of all happiness is
gratitude; and I
felt grateful, though I hardly knew to whom.»
So, moms who only think about the positive aspects
of being a mom -
gratitude, love, laughter - have a higher chance
of being happier moms who
experience higher
feelings of contentment being a mom.
Afterward, there was a
feeling of gratitude to God,
of having
experienced a miracle.
Instead, it cretaing those
feelings of gratitude by learning that we all have unique privileges that not everyone gets to
experience.
One simple technique to enhance our
experience of gratitude can be to keep a simple
gratitude diary and write down the things we have or should
feel grateful for that day.
I was surprised by the emotion
of gratitude that I
felt when
experiencing the people, the countries, and the incredible animals and nature up close and personal!
Seeing all those places with your own eyes, smelling and tasting food you haven't smelled before, meeting all these interesting people, hearing the sounds
of birds you have never seen,
feeling the sun on your skin and the sand under your toes,
feeling how your heart opens wide and fills with
gratitude for all the wonderful
experiences you are making and are part
of.
If you prepare yourself for a conversation with your partner with a sense
of gratitude for what they currently do, and potentially some empathy for some external stressors they are
experiencing, you are far more likely to be heard and see lasting change than you are should you enter into the conversation
feeling slighted or taken advantage
of.