Good Things About Appreciation

Can generate awe

Can make us curious

Can lift our spirits

Can generate admiration

Helps us forget ourselves

Can help us be more grateful

Can make us feel morally elevated

Helps us experience positive emotions

Can give us a renewed sense of purpose

Helps us connect to the world around us

Frees us to forget anxieties and troubles

Can help us feel powerful transcendent emotions

Can lead to a deeper sense of connection to humanity

Helps boost well-being by broadening our perspective

Helps us find increased joy and meaning in the world

Makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well

Helps us connect to the larger universe and provide meaning

Promotes the building of enduring resources like resilience

Can give a broader sense of perspective in our personal lives

Reminds us what a precious privilege it is to be alive—to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love