Check out what I picked for this week’s top inspiring video:? Much work has been done in recent years on the science of happiness and one recurring finding is that expressing gratitude significantly increases our happiness.? Interestingly, the more specific we are about what we are grateful for the greater the increase in our happiness.
Try doing this practice this week.
1.?? ?Think about who in your life has been really influential.? Who has had the greatest impact? Who did something really amazing or important for you?
2.?? ?Write down as much as you can about why the person is so important to you.
3.?? ?Now call the person and read to them what you wrote. (If they have passed away then light a candle and read aloud what you have written.)
4.?? ?Feel the surge of happiness….
And be sure to let The Wisdom Daily community know about who you called and how it went.
Rabbi Irwin Kula is a 7th generation rabbi and a disruptive spiritual innovator. A rogue thinker, author of the award-winning book, Yearnings: Embracing the Sacred Messiness of Life, and President-Emeritus of Clal – The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, he works at the intersection of religion, innovation, and human flourishing. A popular commentator in both new and traditional media, he is co-founder with Craig Hatkoff and the late Professor Clay Christensen of The Disruptor Foundation whose mission is to advance disruptive innovation theory and its application in societal critical domains. He serves as a consultant to a wide range of foundations, organizations, think tanks, and businesses and is on the leadership team of Coburn Ventures, where he offers uncommon inputs on cultural and societal change to institutional investors across sectors and companies worldwide.
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