Post Postscript

I felt affirmed in my previous post when I read the following in the September/October 2007 issue of Healing Lifestyles & Spas today:

"Gratitude. Unlike eating leafy greens of practicing yoga, it’s not something we usually consider “good for us.” Yet a recent study by psychologists at the University of California-Davis and the University of Miami shows that giving thanks is indeed beneficial for our psychological well-being. Conducting “gratitude interventions” with such varied groups as college students and adults with neuromuscular disease, researchers Robert A. Emmons and Michael E. McCullough found that individuals practicing gratitude on a regular (daily or weekly) basis displayed a more positive general outlook, greater optimism, and less stress and depression. Other benefits found were higher levels of alertness, energy, enthusiasm, and determination, as well as a greater likelihood of being generous, empathetic, and aware of one’s interconnectedness with others."

Or simply put, "Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever." ~ 1 Chronicles 16:34 (NIV)