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Why Practicing Gratitude Matters
For lots of people, Thanksgiving this year may have been challenging and upcoming holiday gatherings could produce similar situations.
A recent article (one of many!) suggests that political realities and an environment of hatred and animosity can make a holiday season that’s organized around a sense of happiness and gratitude feel obsolete or even inappropriate. 
Given the current atmosphere, cultivating a sense of thankfulness may feel like the last thing anyone wants to do right now. But the article says it’s actually more important than ever to do that ― at least according to science. 
“Gratitude reduces all stress, big and small,” gratitude researcher Robert Emmons, a psychology professor at University of California, Davis, told The Huffington Post. 
We’re advised that this is especially important to keep in mind during tumultuous periods like this one, because it can help counteract the negative emotions that threaten our emotional and physical health.
“When we experience resentments, we make ourselves envious, angry, bitter and annoyed again and again,” Emmons explained. “We are weighed down in negativity, prevented from accessing gratitude and serenity.”
So how do we generate a sense of gratitude when legitimate concerns over the future, well-being or safety persist? 
The trick, according to Emmons, is to catch ourselves in a negative thought ... more

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