author of a great book called. Banks have the new science of gratitude can make you happier Bob it's nice to type deal. It's gonna talk you again are you. I -- terrific thank you so much for joining me so I I don't know if you let if you heard our our last caller that Terri was saying that she keeps a gratitude journal that every day she writes down five things that she's grateful for and that helps her keep life. In perspective. I think we're learning. -- journal thing is the key to staying on track with the money it's the key to staying on track with your diet it's the key to staying on track with your gratitude and mean. Is there anything journal link doesn't work for these days. Well it seems to be the key that opens all doors I was so glad to be able to hear that call. Partly because -- went to college in Maine I can identify with that all because like coaching Little League Baseball team as a master of the other could hit or catch it but that's certainly use that use it on my team. You know you're right that's them. We find that gratitude seems to bring a whole host of benefits that people -- particularly. When people going through difficult times through losses to change through turmoil of various sorts whether it's economic health related. There seems to be a healing power to gratitude that we're just really starting to uncover through our psychological research. How to get interested in studying and gratitude . Well some years ago and back for the longer than I can remember I was involved in the study happiness -- can

give back to others quite quite beyond this one relationship so. So gratitude is important perhaps it is because strengthened social relationship is what I affirmed. Well and and you also make a distinction between feeling grateful and and practicing. Gratitude and and in the research that I did for the difference in the study for the difference the people who gave back on a regular basis. Again if we're more not just happier the more successful. Well I love your book by the way. And it's not just because He chapter in gratitude although I'm sure that's part of the. Let -- eat -- how tremendously snow selling nine -- no the thank you for that. Welcome and down there is to be giving back is so often and overlooked. Element of gratitude we think of gratitude this warm Fuzzy feeling feeling nice when we look at our lives in DC. We see things to celebrate we see reasons to be happy and certainly part of it I think that's work. Gradually began but it certainly doesn't end there the gratitude it's not just the feeling but it is motivating it causes -- to wanted to do something. And I think they want

make -- -- overtime and I think that's a key element about gratitude . Well and I think it's totally true and it's one of the reasons that war will -- If we've done it before