Thanks!

<strong>A scientifically groundbreaking eloquent look at how we benefit--psychologically physically and interpersonally--when we practice gratitude. </strong><br/><br/>Did you know that there is a crucial component of happiness that is often overlooked? <br/><br/>Robert Emmons--editor-in-chief of the <em>Journal of Positive Psychology</em>--examines what it means to think and feel gratefully in <em>Thanks! </em>and invites readers to learn how to put this powerful emotion into practice. <br/><br/>Scientifically speaking regular grateful thinking can increase happiness by as much as 25 percent while keeping a gratitude journal for as little as three weeks results in better sleep and more energy. But there's more than science to embrace here: Emmons also bolsters the case for gratitude by weaving in writings of philosophers novelists and theologians that illustrate all the benefits grateful living brings. <br/><br/>In <em>Thanks! </em> Emmons shows how wanting what we have can measurably change people's lives for the better.