Do you want to improve or preserve your mental health?
Studies across the years have repeatedly identified a direct correlation between mental wellness and possessing an attitude of gratitude. In fact, one study found that a single act of gratitude will immediately increase your happiness by 10% — and reduce depressive symptoms by 35%.
People who live with a sense of gratitude are able to feel content with what they have — however little or much that may be. They don’t believe happiness is “out there” somewhere. They appreciate the blessings that surround them right at that moment.
Of course, gratitude does more than give you a psychological high. It improves nearly every other aspect of your life. From maintaining harmony in the home to improving productivity at work, as well as enriching personal relationships at church or in your neighborhood and circle of influence, it’s an emotional and practical elixir.
Since Focus on the Family’s inception in 1977, the subject of the importance of mental health has been emphasized both on the radio broadcast and in various print publications.
Originally published in the Higher Ground. | 
