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Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 318 views
In THANKS! How Practicing Gratitude Can Make You Happier, Robert A. Emmons, Ph.D. writes, “In his longitudinal study of male adult development. Harvard University psychiatrist George Vaillant theorizes that a key to mature adaptation to life is the ability to replace bitterness and resentment toward…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 60 views
In THANKS! How Practicing Gratitude Can Make You Happier, Robert A. Emmons, Ph.D. writes, “Gratitude is the realization that we have everything that we need, at the moment.” —Jim L. Wilson —THANKS!, 137 Philippians 4:11 (HCSB) “I don’t say this out of need, for I have learned to be content in whatever…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 16 views
Mothers are an important part of our lives. So much so that if we don’t have one we may need to rent one. For $40 per hour, Nina Keneally, of Brooklyn will cook meals, go shopping, or offer guilt-free motherly advice to people, usually millennial hipsters, who gladly pay for the service. “Everybody needs…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 30 views
New research shows that, as enjoyable as it might be, complaining is not good for us. Repeated complaining rewires your brain to make future complaining more likely and over time it causes damage to certain areas of your brain. Complaining indirectly contributes to health problems like high blood pressure,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 50 views
Officials with Wells Fargo Bank said they were happy that a Pennsylvania woman did the right thing when an automatic teller machine gave her too much money. Kristina Edwards told a local newspaper that she went to the ATM to withdraw $60. When the machine produced $380, she tried to chase down the customer…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 398 views
In THANKS! How Practicing Gratitude Can Make You Happier, Robert A. Emmons, Ph.D. writes, “One simply cannot be relaxed and stressed at the same time. Try it. You can’t. Relaxation drives out anxiousness and vice versa.” —Jim L. Wilson —THANKS!, 74 Philippians 4:6 (HCSB) “Don’t worry about anything,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 9 views
The day after Peyton Manning lead the Denver Broncos to victory in Super Bowl 50, Seattle Seahawks quarterback wrote a thank you letter in his official position of Senior Editor for Derek Jeter’s The Players Tribune. Wilson included a picture of himself at a quarterback camp Manning conducted in Louisiana…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 27 views
Gillian Bayford worked nights in a hospital. Her husband worked days at his second-hand record shop. Then they won 148 million pounds in a British lottery. 15 months later, their marriage has “broken down irretrievably.” The divorce is final. In addition, Ms. Bayford, wept as she told how the windfall…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
In THANKS! How Practicing Gratitude Can Make You Happier, Robert A. Emmons, Ph.D. writes, “The family, friends, partners, and others who surround them consistently report that people who practice gratitude seem measurably happier and are more pleasant to be around.” —Jim L. Wilson —THANKS!, 44 Psalm…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 13 views
In THANKS! How Practicing Gratitude Can Make You Happier, Robert A. Emmons, Ph.D. writes, “The Jewish and Christian scriptures insist that God’s people, whoever they are and wherever they are and whatever they face, are to be a grateful people, a people filled with praise and with thanksgiving to God.”…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
Human nature is to broadcast news of bad service to everyone, but to fail to mention the kindness of employees who serve us well to anyone. Heather Gooch took the time to recognize Anissa, a SouthWest Airlines flight attendant, “who held the baby and walked him up and down the aisle as Gooch and her…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
In October 2015, Sanmay Ved found a bargain. He saw that the domain “Google.com” was available for $12 and snagged the multi-billion dollar company’s URL. His quick thinking wound up benefitting a local nonprofit group. In less than a minute Google realized the mistake and cancelled the sale. Ved agreed…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 9 views
The entire Thanksgiving weekend used to be a time for families to be together. Then came Black Friday—a day to get good deals for clothing and electronics. Today, many are staying home again, due to the increase of violence. In the Chicago area, in 2013, a police officer shoots a thief at a Kohl’s Department…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 13 views
In his book, Thanks: How Practicing Gratitude Can Make you Happier, Robert Emmons writes, “Hopelessness and despair can adversely impact the endocrine and immune systems, even hastening death. Conversely, being an optimist may help reduce your risk of dying from heart disease and other causes. A thirty-five-year…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
In his book, Thanks: How Practicing Gratitude Can Make you Happier, Robert Emmons writes, “A longitudinal study of college students found that happiness levels in college predicted income sixteen years later. The most cheerful students earned $25,000 lore per year than their more dour classmates.” —Jim…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 18 views
High School students in a Kentucky high school found a way to say thank you to the janitor that kept their school buildings in order. For Ricky Spaulding, it was just a routine call to go to the gymnasium to clean up a spill, but it was far from routine. This time, Spaulding was presented with a check…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 3 views
In the middle of a typically hectic Monday night at a Texas Chick-Fil-A, one man made a huge difference. The man, who has not been identified, paid for his meal then gave a donation of $1,000 telling employees he wanted to pay for everyone in the line behind him. Employees said most customers smiled,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
A North Carolina restaurant gives customers a 15 percent discount if they pray in public. Mary’s Gourmet Diner makes the discount available to any customer who takes the time to appreciate their food before they start eating. One customer, Jordan Smith said she was on a business trip and got the discount.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
When Christian Morancie brought a care package to send to her stepson’s National Guard unit serving in Afghanistan, she was surprised when an employee at the post office paid the postage. Gardner Chamberlain is a Navy veteran who works at the post office. He said paying for the packages is his way of…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
How do you show gratitude when just saying thank you isn’t enough? Pfc. Greg Seibert of Escondido, Calif. was coming home from Iraq. His family wanted to do something special to say thank you to the private. Before he left for the war he had bought an old Plymouth Fury. When he returned home his family…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 13 views
In the late 1990s a teenage boy and his girlfriends enjoyed a fancy Valentine’s Day dinner at an Albuquerque, New Mexico area restaurant. When the bills arrived, the young man realized he was $40 short of being able to pay for dinner. Rather than run, the young man spoke to the owner of the restaurant,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 18 views
John Kralik’s life was falling to apart. It didn’t turn around until he learned to be grateful for what he had. He decided to write a thank-you note every day. He wrote them to relatives, a colleague, the barista at Starbucks, to whomever he could think of. Kralik said the simple act of writing the notes…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
A Nebraska man recently returned home to thank the Omaha police officer who arrested him and turned his life around ten years earlier. Mark Allen wanted to include the offering of gratitude as he celebrated nine years of sobriety. Allen said he researched the information on his case in order to track…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
Sometimes it is not only right it is beneficial to express gratitude to another. Beth Rittler decided to contact people in her past that had been meaningful to her. She wrote letters or made telephone calls to many old friends and acquaintances. One letter went to a popular boy in her class who had paid…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 2 views
GRATITUDE Japan announced recently that it would deliver blankets to victims of tornadoes that struck the southern United States. Though devastated by an earthquake, tsunami, and ensuing nuclear concerns, the Asian nation offered 10 million yen, ($125, 000) worth of blankets and plastic sheets for people…