Happy World Gratitude Day!

Last year at this time, we had just launched thankfulfor.com and wrote this piece about World Gratitude Day. How far we’ve come since then - there are thousands more of you posting on our site now, we’ve had dozens of contributors to our blog, we’ve got photos, following, and more. We may not be a Fortune 500, but I’m pretty proud of our growing community.

In honor of this day, tell us what you’re thankful for and please, take the next step and express gratitude to someone in your life. You can say it in person, send a gift, or consider writing a note. As one of our contributors, Art Decker, recently wrote so elegantly on our blog:

…a Wharton School of Business study noted that when people who help someone are thanked in writing, they feel a sense of self-efficacy and social worth. In other words, they feel that their actions have meaning and were valued by the people around them. A written thank you feels so good that people who receive one are more likely to repeat the action for which they were thanked, not just for the person who thanked them, but also for others.

And if you’re thankful for this site, please consider a small donation of support.

We’re so grateful for our growing community, and the amazing things so many of you are doing in the world today. Thank you!

Jen is part of the team behind Thankfulfor, the online gratitude journal community. You can learn more about her here and check out her own personal gratitude journal.

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