Practicing gratitude means recognizing gratitude. Gratitude actually mean the affirmation of goodness in our lives as well as the ability to attribute those positive things to a source beyond ourselves (such as other people or a higher power).

Grateful people tend to be happier, sleep better, and have lower levels of inflammation. They’re also less apt to be depressed and more resilient after a trauma. Research has even found that people with a type of heart disease (asymptomatic heart failure) who started keeping a daily gratitude journal had lower levels of CRP, an inflammation marker, just 8 weeks later. 

Gratitude and a sense of connectedness are precisely what help us get through difficult times. Being grateful for things that most people would agree are significant -- perhaps a loving family or a job you can rely on -- as well as those that might appear relatively minor. For example, you can appreciate that someone has a sense of humor. If you take it a step further and acknowledge that that person made you laugh and cheered you up, that’s gratitude.

感恩的方法：

Name three things you’re grateful for and why.

Write a letter to someone you’re grateful for. Or write the letter anyway but keep it to yourself.

Soak up stories about gratitude.

Create a bulletin board of things you’re thankful for.

Reflect as a ritual, such as a gratitude meditation. All you have to do is sit quietly and devote a few minutes to reflecting on what’s good in your life, big or small.

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如何實踐感恩： (translated by ChatGPT and edited)

實踐感恩意味著辨識感恩，感恩意謂著肯定生活中的美好，以及將這些積極的事物歸因於我們之外，如其他人、或更高的力量。

感恩的人通常更快樂、睡眠更好，並且患炎症的水平更低。他們也較不容易抑鬱，在遭受創傷後更有韌性。研究甚至發現，患有某種心臟病（無症狀性心臟衰竭）的人，開始每天記錄感恩日記後，8週後 CRP（一種炎症標記）的水平降低。

感恩和連結感正是幫助我們度過艱困時期的關鍵。可以感激那些大多數人認為重要的事物，比如一個充滿愛的家庭或一份可靠的工作，以及那些看似相對不重要的事物，例如你可以欣賞某人的幽默感，並了解那個人讓你開懷、且振奮了你，這都是感恩。

感恩的方法：

1. 列舉三件你感激的事物，並敘述理由。

2. 寫一封信給你感激的人，不一定要寄出，也可自己保留就好。

3. 沉浸在其他有關感恩的故事中。

4. 建立一個感恩事物的佈告欄。

5. 建立一種反思的例行儀式，比如感恩冥想，靜靜地坐下，花幾分鐘反思你生活中的美好之處，不論大小。