I found a link to this article on my lung cancer support site:
A Scientific Reason to Stop and Smell the Roses. This is a quote: "Indeed, in his book
Thanks!, Robert Emmons, perhaps the leading scientific expert on gratitude, writes that gratitude isn’t just about acknowledging the goodness in one’s life but also 'recognizing that the source(s) of this goodness lie at least partially outside the self.'" But what the researchers found was that APPRECIATION of the good things in life was an even greater predictor of overall happiness than gratitude or one's overall personality type.
A reason to cultivate appreciation.