Finding Quiet by J. P. Moreland

Author:J. P. Moreland [Moreland, J. P.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 2019-04-02T00:00:00+00:00

THE DAILY HABIT-FORMING PRACTICE OF EXPRESSING GRATITUDE TO GOD

In recent years, psychologists working in the “positive psychology” school of thought have made a commonsense yet exciting discovery: Cultivating a disposition of gratefulness through daily practice will produce a deeply ingrained habit of seeing the world half full (or even more!) instead of half empty. Perhaps the leading authority on the study of gratitude is UC Davis professor Robert Emmons. Emmons, a deeply committed Christian, makes this rather stunning observation:

Gratitude has one of the strongest links to mental health and satisfaction with life of any personality trait—more so than even optimism, hope, or compassion. Grateful people experience higher levels of positive emotions such as joy, enthusiasm, love, happiness, and optimism, and gratitude as a discipline protects us from the destructive impulses of envy, resentment, greed, and bitterness.5

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