In this respect, gratitude may be seen as being a remedy to various forms of suffering. Therefore, some may consider it to be a form of spirituality on its own.
Action Step: For just a few minutes, consider the things in your life that you possibly could be grateful for. You can think about any positive relationships you have, the comfort of your own bed, your ability to move your body, or your mind, which is your tool for understanding yourself and the things around you. Take a deep breath in and feel gratitude for the clean air that surrounds you. Although the two words overlap and are often used interchangeably in speech, there are some clear differences between grateful and thankful.
If you were to write a letter of gratitude, you would start by thinking about someone who has made some kind of difference in your life that still lasts to this day. Gratitude grows over time. However, if your boss has been providing you with positive letters of recommendation and has gone out of his or her way to ensure your long-term success after leaving the company, that will make a positive impact on your long-term professional wellbeing. When it comes to the second, third, and fourth time your boss talks to another potential employer, your sense of gratitude for your boss will likely grow with each effort he or she makes.
This sense of gratitude can impact your future when an employee of your own is looking for a recommendation letter down the line. You will remember how your boss made you feel, which will lead to a willingness to do the same thing for someone else. Gratitude and its effects can be seen at an individual level as well as at a larger social level.
The person who feels a sense of gratitude may not reciprocate back instantly but rather may do something to help someone else out in the future. This process expands the network of gratitude. For example, think back to a time when you were sick and a friend went out of their way to visit you and spend some time offering companionship.
While you will probably thank them before they leave, you may not reciprocate that action immediately. Rather, you might feel inspired next time you know someone who is sick to go visit them because you remember how the effort made you feel. Thankfulness is processed on an intellectual level, but gratitude moves from your head into your heart.
We can be thankful and grateful for the same things, but when we cultivate gratitude, we are able to shift our perspective and see how even the hard times in life may have benefited us. Laura Michelle Gray , Life Coach. Thankful is being happy when given more.
Grateful is knowing that what you already have is enough. I am thankful for the flowers my partner gets me, but I am always grateful for love. I am thankful for the nice things in my house, but I am always grateful to have a home. I am thankful for each magical moment in life, and I am always grateful to be alive. Gratitude is finding happiness without needing to change your circumstances. It is the most rewarding choice you can make for yourself.
The difference between gratitude and thankfulness lies in our values, making this unique to each person. For example, someone that places a high value on friendship will experience deep gratitude when a friend shows up for them in a supportive way.
But for those with values that rank higher than friendship, the same experience will elicit expressions of thankfulness. Adolph Brown , Clinical Psychologist and Educator. The phrases being grateful and being thankful are often used interchangeably as a result of most dictionaries listing them as synonyms. However, there are subtle differences between the phrases. Here is where the distinction lies: being thankful is a feeling, and being grateful is an action.
Being grateful has two parts, one part is about appreciating what one has, and the second part is about recognizing where the goodness comes from often an altruistic act. Being thankful implies that one is acknowledging their appreciation for something that someone has given them.
Being grateful builds on being thankful by helping us give deeper meaning to our lives, make sense of our lives and learn to affirm those around us for their roles in our lives.
And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude. Matt Kandler, Founder of Happyfeed. Though the two can be used synonymously, I tend to think of being grateful as a passive state and thankful as a more reactive state. Gratitude can be applied to the ongoing abundance in your life: from growing up in a loving family to just having clean air to breathe. This means that you get to think back about every single thing that positively influenced your happiness at the end of each day.
My free template includes a journaling section, which I use for writing about whatever happened during the day. This also includes the things that I am grateful for. In addition, you get to find exactly what factors in your life have the biggest positive influence on your happiness. So we now know the difference between being grateful vs being thankful. I hope I have opened your eyes to actionable methods to practice being grateful and thankful right away.
And remember, making a conscious effort to being grateful and thankful will have a positive effect on not just your happiness, but on the rest of the world as well!
Founder of Tracking Happiness and lives in the Netherlands. Ran 5 marathons, with one of them in under 4 hours to be exact. Data junkie and happiness tracker for over 7 years.
Words were invented to communicate. There were so few words that each had particular and specific and meaningful definitions. Hey Susane, sorry to here ur not happy with the article. Im agree with u, grammar isnt important. Also, i dont understand anything u just written since its such good Grammer. Much wow. Such awesome. Can you point me to any errors that you found in this article? Never thought about it that way.
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Hugo Huijer. Very well said!! I am definitely going to visit your journaling article as well. Grateful you wrote this Reply. Thankful you commented! Cheers Hugo Reply. A lot of people think these two are the same thing but they are completely different.
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