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Rabbi Nosson Scherman



1 Apr 2012

Being grateful

By now, most of you have come to terms with the fact that you didn't the lottery this past weekend. Hashem runs the world. There must be a reason for it. For me, I can definitely come up with a reason. I didn't make any hishtadlut - I didn't buy a ticket.

Anyway, author Sara Yoheved Rigler says that the happiness of winning won't last forever.

In fact, psychological studies do indicate that people have a “set happiness level.” One study revealed that whether a person wins the lottery or becomes paralyzed from the neck down, three to six months after the event, his/her happiness level returns to what it was before.

This finding bothered Professor of Psychology Robert Emmons of the University of California in Davis. He launched an experimental investigation for a way to “nudge up the happiness set point.” His experiments revealed the agent that indeed produces long-term happiness: gratitude. Prof. Emmon’s experiments showed that keeping a gratitude journal increases long-term happiness levels by 25%.

Read full article titled Passover & the phenomenal power of choosing to be grateful.

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