Gratitude

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Gratitude has become one of the most common positive emotions for people to intentionally develop.
You know gratitude is important, and that in some way it enables flourishing, but why?
Behind joy, gratitude ranks amongst the most accessible positive emotions to generate.


Gratitude serves two important functions within your cognition.
First, it enables and develops your ability to access core skills for loving.
Second, it is one of three positive emotions directly correlated with developing social bonds.


Gratitude can be oversimplified into a practice of humbly appreciating the simple things which might otherwise go unnoticed.
Gratitude is an agent to create meaningful social connection.
Your ability to practice gratitude ties directly to your capacity to love and be loved.


Do not be fooled: your ability to quickly generate gratitude does not reflect its true value.
Social connection is an invaluable commodity.
If you are looking to move a team forward, start with gratitude.



Pat, I’d like to solve the puzzle: C o _ _ e e,
-Morning Cup


Interest sparked around the 10 positive emotions?
This is week 3 of a dive into each; start from the beginning here.

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