Key points

Counting one’s blessings has been shown to boost well-being by decreasing depression and increasing happiness.

Grateful people achieve more, experience greater work satisfaction, and get along better with others.

With gratitude, we shift our attention from what is going wrong in the world to what is going right.

“ Gratitude is not the only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.” – Cicero

The world will never starve for want of wonders, but only for want of wonder.” – G.K. Chesterton

From Cicero to Chesterton, influential thinkers across Roman, Christian, and contemporary traditions have extolled the virtue of gratitude. Robert Emmons, the world’s leading expert on gratitude, defines it as “an affirmation of the good and the recognition that the good

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