Appreciate everything, even the ordinary. Especially the ordinary – Penna Chodron …
👋Hey Friends,
Welcome to “Not So Secret”, a didactic blog, where two dudes Naveen and Hari from Tamil Nadu, share about books, productivity, and lifestyle.
This post is all about GRATITUDE,
Today it is common to talk about amplifying gratitude in our lives (we are #blessed), but attaching a hashtag to a moment is different from digging to the root of all we’ve been given and bringing true, intentional gratitude to our lives every day.
Words from a friend, a kind gesture, an opportunity, a lesson, a new pillow, a loved one’s return to health, a new post from Not So secret, hehe. When you start your day with gratitude, you’ll be open to opportunities, not obstacles. You’ll be drawn to creativity, not complaint. You will find fresh ways to grow, rather than succumbing to negative thoughts that only shrink your options.
✌ Gratitude Is Good For You
It’s hard to believe that thankfulness could actually have measurable benefits, but the science is there. Gratitude has been linked to better mental health, self-awareness, better relationships, and a sense of fulfillment. In a study students who complained that their minds were filled with racing thoughts and worries, were told to spend 15min before bed listing things for which they are grateful. This is called Gratitude Journaling. Gratitude journaling reduced intrusive thoughts and helped participants sleep better.
Gratitude also helps you to overcome the bitterness and pain that we all carry with us. Try feeling jealous and grateful simultaneously. Hard to imagine right? When you’re present in gratitude, you can’t be anywhere.
So here is what we are asking you to do,
📝Keep a Gratitude Journal
Every night, spend 5min writing down things you are grateful for. If you want to conduct your own experiment, spend the week before you start writing down how much sleep you get. The following week, keep a gratitude journal, and in the morning write down how much sleep you got.
Comment on this post after noticing any improvement.
If gratitude is good for you, then more gratitude must be better for you. Do it daily.
If THANKFULNESS were a drug, it would be the world’s best-selling product with a health maintenance indication for every major organ system – Dr. P. Murali Doraiswamy, head of the Division of Biologic Psychology at Duke University Medical Center.
And every day we are grateful for you guys, for the support you are giving for a start-up blog. Keep supporting us, and we will try to give you quality content, it’s obvious that is our aim.
Thank you for reading this post, pay gratitude.
See you all in the next post and follow us for more informative blogs.
Have a nice time,
Hari & Naveen🙂
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