John Henry Jowett said that “Gratitude is a vaccine, an antitoxin, and an antiseptic.”
Gratitude is defined as the state of being grateful and thankfulness. Gratitude can positively change a life and alter your perception for the good. A life without gratitude can be an unfilled, unhappy life.
How Gratitude Affects Us?
Gratitude improves physical health. Grateful people report fewer aches and pains, and they experience feeling healthier than other people. People that are grateful are also more likely to take care of their health.
Here are some natural side effects of living a grateful life:
- Opens the door to more relationships
- Improves physical health
- Improves psychological health
- Enhances empathy and reduces aggression
- Improved sleep
- Improves self-esteem
- Increases mental strength
We all have the opportunity and ability to cultivate gratitude. Looking at the glass half full instead of half empty is a choice and a step towards gratitude. Instead of complaining about the things you think you deserve, take a few moments to focus on what you do have. One of the simplest ways to improve your satisfaction with life is to develop an attitude of gratitude. Try it! It works.
How To Choose Gratitude
In today’s fast-paced environment and real-time event reporting, we ingest news from all around the world. Sometimes not very positive news. We need to intentionally choose to stay in gratitude. Some of the steps to are to count your blessings, focus on what you do have, not what you don’t have, embrace humility, open your eyes to those less fortunate, and find gratitude in difficulty.
Simple Ways to Live in Gratitude Every Day
Here are some simple ways to walk in daily gratitude:
- Be an active listener
- Show that you are grateful to others by really listening to what they have to say
- Smile
- Give out compliments
- Make eye contact
- Give a detailed example of appreciation
- Be thoughtful of others
- Volunteer for unpleasant tasks
- Give a hug
- Just be there
- Be gracious when challenged
- Be patient
- Select thoughtful gifts
- Send handwritten notes
- Journal your blessings
- Be a support system
- Share your gifts
- Random acts of kindness
- Pay it forward
- Volunteer your time
- Help a stranger
- Show kindness
We encourage everyone to live in gratitude to enjoy life to the fullest. At I Got Your Back Massage Therapy, we are extremely grateful for you as our clients, working in Palm Harbor, living in Tampa Bay surrounded by water and the Gulf of Mexico and so much more.
At I Got Your Back Massage Therapy, we are in the business of helping people relax, quiet their mind, reduce pain and stress so why wouldn’t we show Palm Harbor the same message on our website? We are happy to announce that I Got Your Back Massage Therapy has published a new and easy to use website to see our services offered and find out more about what we do to help your mind, body, and soul.
Give us a call at 727-772-0220 for your next massage to help you relieve headaches, pain, and aches. I Got Your Back Massage Therapy is conveniently located at 1684 Alternate 19 in Palm Harbor. Our massage therapists are skilled in many techniques to help you improve your physical and mental health, including relaxation massage, deep tissue massage, hot stone massage, reiki, and aromatherapy. Contact the professionals at I Got Your Back Massage Therapy and set up an appointment.
