The Power of Gratitude to Boost Your Health, Happiness and Mindset - Adam Markel #shorts #gratitude

One of the other super simple things that are intuitive to us, we get it and yet we don't always apply it in an intentional way is gratitude. I was surprised to find that people that have a gratitude practice actually exercise one and a half hours more per week on average. And of course, they have fewer complaints, health complaints. They feel better about their lives. And you can apply gratitude in so many simple ways. You can just think as you walk, with each step something you're grateful for. I do that frequently. I think about it when I chew my food until I would find that everybody, virtually everybody, was doing this, because instead of reaching for that cup of coffee that I know I don't need at two or three o'clock in the afternoon because it's going to interfere with my sleep, I think about what I'm grateful for before I eat. I think about all that it took for that food to arrive, all the things that make that food actually a blessing to my body, to my mind, to my heart, to my soul. And I think about that as I eat. And gratitude pays. These incredible differences actually changes the molecular structures of our brains and our hearts as well. So gratitude is one of those simple things that we can all do.