常懷感恩之情有利健康

所有父母在撫養孩子的過程中都懂得花費多少時間培養孩子的一些行為方式、良好習慣，例如當別人贈送禮物給你，當某人為你打開門等候你進入，當你把喜愛的物品落在餐廳里服務員注意到后衝出餐廳把它遞還給你，你都應該說「謝謝你」。
作為成年人，在這樣一些比較典型的時刻表達謝意當然不需要別人提醒，然而在這些慣常的時刻之外許多人需要提示自己對某些人某些事心存感激。我們總是希望每個人都有一顆感恩的心不是嗎？那麼該如何做到常懷感恩之情呢？每周一次靜靜思考下誰為你提供了或大或小的幫助並在紙上寫下你對這個人的感激，如果你很享受這個過程那麼每周可以做兩次、三次甚至更多，而這些感激的言語並不需要通過電子郵件等發給幫助過你的人，只作為是自己心靈上的一次感恩的歷程。
表達感激是你給予別人的禮物，同樣你自己也會從中受益：一些研究表明每天15分鐘讓自己沉浸於感恩之情中可以顯著降低人體內的壓力荷爾蒙，從而讓你更加健康而充滿活力。   

Saying 「thanks」 and expressing gratitude are good for health
Any parent raising a child knows how much time is spent on teaching that child some manners. Say "thank you" when someone gives you a present. Say "thank you" when somebody holds the door. Say "thank you" when the server notices you left your favorite binkies under the booth and rushes out of the restaurant to get it to you.



As adults, we surely don't need reminders for the typical thank you moments. But many of us may need reminders to do so beyond the typical door openings and gift receiving; after all, part of our purpose here is to get a little deeper, right? Once a week (or more often as you enjoy it more), think of someone who had an effect on your life - big or small - and write that person a note of gratitude (not via e-mail either; be personal).


Gratitude is one of the gifts you can give others that also has some selfish benefits: Some research shows that 15 minutes of daily gratitude can dramatically decrease stress hormones in your body.