Today is Thankful Thursday. What are you thankful to Jesus for this week?

Here’s the key…gratitude and thanksgiving move us beyond the standard, the acceptable, the ordinary.

A gracious attitude and lifestyle make one extraordinary, unusual, blessed, a cut above the rest.

New research is showing that people who count their blessings may find themselves sleeping better, exercising more and caring more about others.

People who remind themselves of the things they are grateful for people who count their blessings one by one, consciously, every day  show significant improvements in mental health, and even in some aspects of physical health.

And these results appear to be true whether you are a healthy college student or an older person with an incurable disease, according to research published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.