Growing In Resilience: A Prayer JourneySample

## Resilience Practice: Gratitude #### What are you grateful for today? Give thanks to God and remember all His wonderful deeds. Research has shown that grateful people experience higher levels of positive emotions such as joy, enthusiasm, love, happiness, and optimism. The practice of gratitude as a discipline protects a person from the destructive impulses of envy, resentment, greed, and bitterness. A person who practices gratitude is able to cope more effectively with everyday stress, shows increased resilience, and may recover more quickly from illness and benefit from greater physical health.