Pause + Pray

Gratitude Is Good for You

person writing into a journal

Reflect

If we have uncomfortable memories of being forced as children to thank Aunt Sue for the ugly sweater or Grandpa for the gluey oatmeal, we don’t want to feel compelled into a duty. The good news from science is that gratitude can lead to chemical bodily responses that bring health benefits and longer life spans.


Pray

Dear God,
you shower me
with more blessings
than I could ever
have imagined
and it lifts my spirits
to count them.
Amen.


Act

Start a gratitude journal—any small notebook set aside specifically for the purpose of writing down what makes you thankful. Today record your name, date and at least one thing for which you’re thankful.


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