Learning by HEART- The Amazing Effects of Gratitude

This week, I decided to do a learning by HEART challenge. The one I did focused on happiness and it was a video that talked about the effects of gratitude. Basically, it said being grateful leads to one being happier. 

I completely agree with this video. I think being grateful definitely gives a person a healthy perspective and helps them focus on the positive in their life rather than the negative. Let's say that I chose to write down everything that happened to me during the day that was good. This would definitely help me focus on the good things that are happening around me and would help me completely shift my mindset.

I also thought it was interesting that scientists have only been studying the effects of gratitude for about 30 years. Thinking about how long some topics have been researched, this is no time at all! I am curious what else comes to light as researchers get more time to dig into the effects of gratitude.

I think the video was definitely a good reminder to me to focus on the good rather than the bad. When I get down or am tired, I can get fixated on everything that is going wrong that day which only makes my mood worse. I think writing down all of the blessings in my life would definitely be helpful since I could refer to it when I started feeling pessimistic.