Here’s something that sounds almost too simple to matter.
Pay attention to what’s good in your life.
Gratitude has become one of those words that gets tossed around so much it can start sounding like something you’d find embroidered on a pillow.
But there’s actually some interesting research behind it.
Studies have found that deliberately practicing gratitude can affect the way we think and feel. Researchers have seen changes in brain activity associated with gratitude, and regular gratitude practices have been linked with things like improved well-being and greater positive emotion.
That interests me.
But I don’t really need a brain scan to know that what I pay attention to affects my day.
We’ve all experienced the opposite.
Something irritates you first thing in the morning.
Then somebody drives like an idiot in front of you.
Then the coffee isn’t right.
Then you can’t find your keys.
Pretty soon the entire world is apparently conspiring against you. 😄
Did the world suddenly get worse?
Probably …
