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Give thanks.

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Our minds are good at focusing on what's wrong in our own lives to the exclusion of what's going well.

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And yet when we can notice and appreciate the good in our lives, we often find that more joy is available

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to us than we might have thought.

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Gratitude has been linked with a wide range of positive outcomes, including better mood, lower risk

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of depression, less stress, greater life satisfaction.

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And these effects can be seen even with simple short term gratitude practices.

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For example, a team of researchers asked participants to write down either things they were thankful

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for or some recent hustle's in their lives.

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Their gratitude exercise led to greater positive emotion, a more positive view of one's life and greater

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optimism about the future.

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Gratitude also makes us more likely to help others, even at a cost to ourselves when we realize our

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own coffers are full.

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We're more willing to share with others.

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Our attentional systems are more sensitive to changes, and the things we have all the time become lost

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in the backdrop of our life when we decide to practice gratitude, what often surprised by how much

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we have to be thankful for.