Expressing gratitude has significant effects on your overall well-being. Grateful individuals can form better relationships, have better coping skills to deal with stress, and be more creative in problem-solving.

If you are looking for ways to express your gratitude, here are some of them:

1. Say Something Kind

One of the easiest and quickest way to express gratitude is simply by saying something kind—it could be to yourself or to others. This is effective even if you don’t have something specific to say thanks for. A few kind words will go a long way. This is especially true if you’re struggling to feel grateful.

2. Have Someone To Feel Grateful With

It’s nice to do gratefulness with someone. If you know someone who could practice gratefulness in their lives, then have him or her join you. Perhaps, you can set a time every day to talk about the things that you’re grateful for and why. Being able to talk about it to someone that is going through the same thing as you is empowering. It will also give you insights on things that you have overlooked in the past and will make you realize that it’s something to feel grateful for. You will also have someone cheering for you, especially on days when you struggle to find something to feel grateful for. So, partner up—or better yet, the more, the merrier! Spread that positivity and live a more grateful life.

3. Be Mindful Of Complaints

It’s natural to feel terrible when something bad happens. The thing with our modern days is it seems like there is always something to complain about—right and left, people have something to say. This kind of toxic habit can prevent you from fully expressing gratitude.

Keep in mind that every time you complain, you reinforce a negative state of mind without solving the problem. So, the next time that you feel frustrated, take a few deep breaths and try to focus on the positive. That way, gratefulness will come easy and you’ll be able to express it instead of complaining.

4.Engage With Your Community

One of the most effective ways to express your gratefulness is by engaging with the community. Volunteering can help you do an act of kindness that will do more good for you than those that you are serving.

Once a month, try to be a part of a community to help others. In the case that you don’t have a lot of time, there are many volunteer opportunities that only take an hour or two. By doing this, you will have a more positive thing to focus on and you will feel more grateful for the things that you have. Also, while you help others, you also help yourself.

The positive impacts of expressing gratitude are long-lasting and grateful people will likely experience greater psychological and physical well-being. When you fail to appreciate the things and people in your life and you continue searching for a specific thing that would make you happy, you will find that the search will never end.

Instead, be grateful today and every day. There are so many things to be grateful for.