“Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.” ~ Oprah Winfrey

Thanksgiving encourages you and others to reflect on what you are thankful for.

Research has shown that being thankful and practicing gratitude can have significant positive effects on your mental and physical health.

For instance, studies by psychologists Dr. Robert A. Emmons and Dr. Michael E. McCullough found that people who regularly wrote about things they were grateful for experienced greater well-being, exercised more, and had fewer visits to the doctor.

Gratitude helps you feel more positive emotions, relish good experiences, improve your health, deal with adversity, and build strong relationships.

“When you are grateful, you are not fearful. And when you are not fearful, you are not violent. When you are grateful, you act out of a sense of enough and not out of a sense of scarcity.” ~ Rabbi Harold Kushner

Source:  https://www.health.harvard.edu/healthbeat/giving-thanks-can-make-you-happier