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“Living gratefully begins with affirming the good and recognizing its sources. It is the understanding that life owes me nothing and all the good I have is a gift, accompanied by an awareness that nothing can be taken for granted.”
― Robert Emmons, The Little Book of Gratitude: Create a life of happiness and wellbeing by giving thanks

“Gratitude empowers us to take charge of our emotional lives and, as a consequence, our bodies reap the benefits.”
― Robert Emmons, The Little Book of Gratitude: Create a life of happiness and wellbeing by giving thanks

“For a study published in the journal Motivation and Emotion a few years ago, my colleagues and I found that kids who were more grateful than their peers at age ten were, by age fourteen, undertaking more community activities and were more socially integrated. These grateful youngsters didn’t sit back and chill. They were out in the world, trying to make life better for others.”
― Robert Emmons, The Little Book of Gratitude: Create a life of happiness and wellbeing by giving thanks

“Gratitude is fertilizer for the mind, spreading connections and improving its function in nearly every realm of experience.”
― Robert Emmons, The Little Book of Gratitude: Create a life of happiness and wellbeing by giving thanks