Gratitude: A Behavior Modification Intervention for Worry. Gratitude is one of the positive emotions shown from research and clinical trials to enhance the general well being of human beings. Gratitude is defined by Emmons (2004) as “a sense of thankfulness and joy in response to receiving a gift, whether the gift be a tangible benefit from a specific other or a moment of peaceful bliss evoked by natural beauty. Emmons and McCullough also see gratitude as an attitude, a habit, a personality trait
loved ones and the departure of children. One of the most difficult things to do is to keep strong and good relations with friends and family members, before it is too late. The short story “David Comes Home”, by Ernest Buckler, follows Joseph, who worries his son David never had the same connection to the land as he does, though memories of past experiences, finding old belongings, and discovering the boy’s true feelings, resolve this conflict. Firstly, through Joseph’s memories and thoughts
should even complete school. Gladly, I am still in school and am working towards my goal however, things are not yet that bright financially. 2.What worries you most about your future? The biggest fear I have for my future is financial security. I worry that I will not be able to afford things and pay back my debts. This is my biggest worry because I have never been very financially secure and I am worried that I never will be. This has always been a fear of mine and I hope that one day financial
I kept running, until my feet were aching with agonising pain. Slowly I walked up a tall hill, dragging my feet with me, and collapsed onto the ground using my bag as a pillow. Then I looked up at the clouds, while thinking about all the anger my best friends caused me. How could Carter act like my hero, when he did something so cruel? How could Damion like it when I'm unhappy? All they do is think of themselves. I'm sick of it! I hate them! My train of thought made my anger rise, that was
Until I felt the effects of sacrifice last year, I never knew what strength truly meant. At the time strength did not seem possible during my husband‘s year long deployment. A favorite quote of mine by an unknown author matched my situation. “You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have.” During this year long sacrifice, I found strength not only in myself but also from the love between me and my husband. Deployment is a word that all military spouses and military
Today the American Dream seems like a distant memory. While America has grown the definition of the American Dream has not. Still today the American Dream is interpreted as “making it big,” or “hitting the jackpot”. When someone achieves the American Dream one usually accumulates great wealth or rise up in power. Although the definition of the American Dream was interpreted this way, there was never any guarantee that one would need to have instant wealth to fulfill the American dream. The American
truly is happiness? When will one become completely and utterly satisfied with the life he or she presently lives? Alfred Hitchcock’s definition of happiness is, a clear horizon. By this, he meant that to truly obtain happiness one must live with no worries or not allowing negativity surrounding them to gain control of them. He explains that one cruel word said by someone can affect his mood and optimism immensely after it is said. Hitchcock doesn’t stand alone regarding his theory of happiness either
mine, I hope that I can earn enough money to live comfortably and not have to worry about my money. My parents always had to worry about where their next paycheck was coming, and my father always had to work day and night, nearly sixty hours a week, to just make rent. My other goal in life is to simply leave my worries and anxiety aside, to finally enjoy the life I was given. Every stage of my life was plagued by worry and concern for the future. In middle school, I was worried about getting good
"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." -- Oscar Wilde One of the things that has always puzzled me is human nature, our joys, fears and madness. The very source of the painful cramps of the soul that we call sadness, and the source of the multicolor soft parade that we call happiness. Those feelings have been with us since we saw the light, and are going to be there until the dark and graceful death decides to cover the light of life with her soft wings. They
endure another two weeks at home. You might think it’d be a pleasure to stay out of school, just laying around in bed with no worries in the world. No, I had worries; lots of worries. The first few days were splendid. I just laid in bed with the TV on every so often. I didn’t even need to worry about my sister. She was over at her friend’s house for the weekend. With no worries about my sister bothering me about playing with her, or me getting in trouble because of her bright ideas, I had the best two-day
she wants to meet you. As I looked at him an smiled like it was Christmas day again all happy and ready to go inside the party and see my present. The music was a concert in my ears, so loud, such an energetic group of people just partying with no worries. As I walked down the stairs to the basement all the happy people dancing, drinking and with the ones that they lust for, I see this beautiful girl with long silky blonde hair. She caught my eye at the same time I caught hers. I had this weird feeling
When I look over my “ The Loss Of My Sister’ essay I wrote it makes me proud of myself to know I was that strong to write about such a close topic to me and my family. I always wanted to write the story of my sister but I never had an opportunity to. I always kept quite about the situation I went through because I did not want the sorrow and pity from others. When ever I did tell someone that I have a dead sister, they would respond “ I don’t know what to say other than I'm sorry” it makes me feel
start from the one you know the best. 8.Do not get stressed after you are done with writing the examination -whatever is done cannot be undone. Do not compare yourself with others by asking how they answered the questions - it will only add to your worries. Think you will have a better luck next time. You are not the only one who has to go through the stressful period of exams, generations have appeared in the past for examinations and generations will be appearing in the future too. Bravely face what
successful and bad effects of health on college student. First, I want to show about stress of positive effect on academic success for college student. The positive effect of stress is one kind of worry because it can make college student to get academic successful. For example: college student worry about to finish their homework, to learn their lectu... ... middle of paper ... ...e bad at communication and less of self confidence. For bad communication, some of the people don’t want to talk
eighth chapter it became very apparent that Piggy and Jack both had two very different ideas on how they would survive. Jack thinks that hunting and having fun is key, Jack is more worried with instant gratification and doesn’t worry about what will happen off the island he worries about having fun and living on the island. Piggy is only concerned with keeping the fire lit and getting off the island. Unlike Jack, Piggy believes more in thinking about the future, how they will be saved and how they can
care for control your life! 3. Your Worries Don 't Usually Pan Out "Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday." This is one of the Dale Carnegie quotes to say to yourself every time you feel an ounce of worry about tomorrow. It will remind you that it never works out as bad as you think. You may not be able to see into the future to determine that for sure, but your past is a good predictor of the future, so remember all your other worries that didn 't come to pass and you will
notice and squander on the thought that the people in the play do not care enough about what is truly important. By the end of this play you realize that almost everybody does not care enough for the little things as they should, instead they only worry about the future, incessantly worrying about things to come. One of the first examples to see of this is when we see Mrs. Gibbs, Mrs. Webb, and Mrs. Soames gossiping about Simon Stimson’s drinking problem. In this case they waste their time worrying
Introduction There are so many people that go through depression; some of which being adolescents. Each person may not go through it for the same reasons. It can vary by age from one person to the next. Some people may go through depression because of several reasons. For example, they could have lost a loved one and do not know how to handle it, or they have had a baby and are sleep deprived, or just because of everyday life and they just cannot handle situations the way they should be handled;
Money, money, money... That is all I hear about these days. As children, we should not grow up always being stressed about having enough money to eat dinner. When I was a kid, I always thought everything was way worse than it actually was. If my parents complained about money I assumed we were gonna lose our house. They over exaggerate about money; they made it sound like we were broke, even though we were fine. My parents should quit worrying about money and focus more on living life. Holidays
to find things to worry about. For instance I just got a new boss, for two weeks the rumor mill at work has churned out rumors and statements that had created a large amount of anxiety. He showed up a work and with in a week I was put on an anti-anxiety medication, yet he has not done anything to create stress or problems in my job. It is so bad that I have not taken a pill for it my co-workers will ask if I have taken my pill today. Another instance was a waste of time to worry about was worrying