感恩地生活

感恩地生活

Logically speaking, we should be in a perpetual state of gratitude. Most people who read this column, even if they aren't fully aware, have a long list of blessings to count (most of the time, anyway).

从逻辑上讲，我们应该永远感恩。大多数读过这篇专栏文章的人，即使他们没有完全意识到，也有一长串的祝福要数(无论如何，大多数时候)。

Family. Friends. Love. Health. Freedom from war and natural disaster. Imagination. Community. A roof over our heads. Common decency. Hope. Opportunity. Memories. Financial stability. Favorite places. Days off work. Good weather. The golden age of television. Books. Music. Ice cream. Weekends. A friendly exchange. Something good that happened today. Something bad that didn't happen today. A good cup of coffee.

家庭。朋友。爱。健康。免于战争和自然灾害。的想象力。社区。我们头顶上的屋顶。常见的体面。希望。的机会。记忆。金融稳定。最喜欢的地方。天下班。好天气。电视的黄金时代。书。音乐。冰淇淋。周末。一个友好的交流。今天发生了的好事。今天没发生的坏事。一杯好咖啡。

You may not have everything you want or even need, but that probably leaves buckets -- nay, container ships -- full of tangible and conceptual items for which to be grateful. Things can always be better, but they can always be worse. It often depends on how you look at that proverbial glass of water.

你可能没有你想要的甚至需要的所有东西，但这可能会让水桶——不，是集装箱船——装满有形的和概念性的东西，让你心存感激。事情总是可以变得更好，但也可能变得更糟。这通常取决于你如何看待那杯水。

To get in better touch with gratefulness, all you have to do is find easy ways to count blessings more often than, say, over an annual turkey dinner. Keep them boiling on the front burner of your mind, and you increase your appreciation of life.

为了更好地体会感恩之情，你所要做的就是找到简单的方法，比每年吃一次火鸡大餐时更经常地感恩。让它们在你的脑海中沸腾，你就会增加对生活的欣赏。

Here are some low-threshold habits and traditions to institute that will fill that little cup right up. And a number of reasons you should bother to do so.

这里有一些低门槛的习惯和传统可以用来填补这个小杯子。还有一些你应该费心去做的原因。

Thanks to be healthy

感谢健康

The most obvious reason to boost your gratitude is that it's closely tied to increased feelings of happiness. The studies backing that up are not surprising. What's remarkable is that scientists who have located thoughts of gratitude in the brain found that not only do they produce feelings of pleasure, they stimulate areas regulating stress.

提升感恩的最明显的原因是，它与增加的幸福感密切相关。支持这种观点的研究并不令人惊讶。值得注意的是，在大脑中找到感恩思想的科学家发现，感恩不仅会产生愉悦感，还会刺激调节压力的区域。

How to up your GQ (gratefulness quotient)

如何提高你的GQ(感恩商)

I'm currently conducting two completely unscientific thankfullness-boosting experiments. For nearly two years, I've been keeping a gratitude journal. And for the last five years or so, my family has engaged in a dinnertime ritual called "Roses, Thorns & Buds" that surfaces the same details.

我目前正在进行两个完全不科学的感恩提升实验。近两年来，我一直在写感恩日记。在过去的五年左右的时间里，我的家人参加了一个叫做“玫瑰，荆棘和花蕾”的晚餐仪式，这个仪式的细节也是一样的。

A lot has been written about these and other thankfulness experiments, and it should be noted that there are no rules or even standards that govern them. We're in very, very soft science territory here. But reliable research does show that whatever you do to increase gratitude pays off, so it's worth it to find what is easy, enjoyable and effective for you.

关于这些和其他感恩实验已经写了很多文章，应该注意的是，没有规则，甚至没有规范它们的标准。我们现在处于非常软的科学领域。但可靠的研究确实表明，无论你做什么来增加感恩，都会有回报，所以找到对你来说容易、愉快和有效的方法是值得的。