Science of Gratitude

[D]opamine is released when people are feeling good or are excited by a challenge . . . eudaimonia [is] the happiness or fulfillment that comes from the action itself, not the result of it. Any other benefits that come along – someone is grateful, your project is a success – are icing on the cake. ~Deborah Norville, from Thank You Power: Making the Science of Gratitude Work for You (Reader’s Digest, pp. 150-51, Oct. 2007), via LLC

The universe, the way it is, is conspiring to make us feel good, excited, happier, and more fulfilled – among other things. ~jpc

And we give thanks for that. Namaste.

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