“The single greatest thing you can do to change your life today would be to start being grateful for what you have right now” Oprah Winfrey
Get grateful. Get happy. Get GratitudeLog.
GratitudeLog is a website where people come together to celebrate happy moments, send simple gifts of appreciation and brighten up each other’s day. It’s based on the simple practice of expressing gratitude daily for wonderful moments in your life.
And boy, does it work!
Science has proven that people who express their gratitude daily are 25% happier and significantly healthier than those who don’t—and doing it takes as little as a minute a day!
So what are you grateful for today? You should sign up here and start the practice of expressing gratitude daily.
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Why GratitudeLog?
According to a long-term study on the power of gratitude by the University of California1, writing gratitude journals and practicing gratefulness on a regular basis causes the following happy side-effects:
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Promotes Good Health
You’ll enjoy better physical and mental health, a better outlook on life, and you’ll be more optimistic, Expressing gratitude is one of the fastest ways to pull yourself out of a slump.
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Inspires Success
You’ll be more likely to work towards your personal goals, more alert, enthusiastic, determined and attentive. GratitudeLog started as an internal tool for our company, MindValley. Our team loved it so much that we decided to make it public.
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Makes You a Better Person
Your friends will see you as more generous and helpful, you’ll be less envious of others, and you’ll love helping others.
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Helps with a Good Night’s Sleep
Studies on expressing gratitude show that you’ll sleep better at night, and feel more energetic during the day.
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What people are saying about gratitude…
“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.”
William Arthur Ward American dedicated scholar, author, editor, pastor and teacher
“Gratitude helps you to grow and expand; gratitude brings joy and laughter into your life and into the lives of all those around you.”
Eileen Caddy Scottish Writer and Spiritual leader. Findhorn community co-founder
“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.”
Melody Beattie
“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
“Gratefulness is the key to a happy life that we hold in our hands, because if we are not grateful, then no matter how much we have we will not be happy—because we will always want to have something else or something more.”
Brother David Steindl-Rast
“Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.”
Denis Waitley
So you’re saying that the simple act of expressing gratitude for a minute a day makes me healthier, happier and wiser? You got to be kidding right?
No, we’re serious!
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Check out these studies on the power of gratitude…
Gratitude leads to Better Health
People who kept gratitude journals on a weekly basis exercised more regularly, reported fewer physical symptoms, felt better about their lives as a whole, and were more optimistic about the upcoming week compared to those who recorded hassles or neutral life events
“Call it corny, but gratitude just may be the glue that holds society together.” Gratitude needn’t be directed at another person to hit its mark. Take just a few minutes each day to jot down things that make you thankful, from the generosity of friends to the food on your table or the right to vote. After a few weeks, people who follow this routine “feel better about themselves, have more energy and feel more alert”.
“Gratitude Increases Happiness by 25%”
A possible answer comes from recent research in the psychology of gratitude. Yes, you read that correctly—being thankful might be the key to raising your happiness ‘set-point’. And there is some good experimental evidence to back up this theory.
“Gratitude is truly amazing in its physical and psychosocial benefits”
A Growing body of research shows that gratitude is truly amazing in its physical and psychosocial benefits. The benefits are so great, in fact, that it’s a wonder “gratitude gyms” aren’t already being franchised.
If you start practicing now, you could be grateful by Thanksgiving. Not only that, your marriage could improve, you might be exercising more, feel less depressed, sleep better, have a healthier heart, more life satisfaction, and increase your chances of living longer
Drs. Blair and Rita Justice Health Leader, the online Wellness Newsletter
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- ^ Emmons, R.A., & McCullough, M.E. (2004). “Highlights from the Research Project on Gratitude and Thankfulness”. Dimensions and Perspectives of Gratitude. University of California, Davis.