Giving thanks may make your brain more altruistic
“Gratitude is closely bound up with generosity,” Klein writes, stating that those who possess inner wealth can share their gifts easily with others and feel enriched as a result.
Erica Brown • Return: Daily Inspiration for the Days of Awe
“The more you become a connoisseur of gratitude, the less you are a victim of resentment, depression, and despair. Gratitude will act as an elixir that will gradually dissolve the hard shell of your ego–your need to possess and control—and transform you into a generous being. The sense of gratitude produces true spiritual alchemy, makes us magnanim... See more
Rather, gifting carries with it a collective intelligence that knows our participation in the gift is what sustains us. We don’t just benefit via increased social bonds and that warm fuzzy feeling of “doing good” – when we’re kind to each other and the world round us, we are literally increasing our chances of survival.
Rebecca • Quantifying the Gift
When you are grateful, you act out of a sense of enough and not out of a sense of scarcity, and you are willing to share.
Desmond Tutu • The Book of Joy. The Sunday Times Bestseller
