Truly happy people do not wait for happiness to find them; instead, they bring positivism and happiness to themselves. They understand that their words are the best tools they have to make others happy, which makes them happy too. There are many ways to say you are thankful. Many of the words in your list that reflect appreciation and gratitude. “Thank you” is the most powerful way to do this and for many people it has more power and meaning behind it. For instance; thank you for reading this article!
What do you think about “Thank you” ?
Yes "thank you" are powerful words - beside demonstrating appreciation & gratitude, "thank you" also depicting a person:
However, we need to ensure we don't use "thank you" loosely or as lip service without appreciation by action.
Very interesting question providing information for conveying happiness to others by using the best and indeed the most powerful tool comprised of two interacting words “Thank you”.
“Thank you” is a conventional and polite expression of one’s gratitude. It is a shortened form of “I thank you”. ‘Thank you’ is an expression of a grateful feeling in response to something done or given. This common expression conveys most powerfully the feelings of gratitude, appreciation or acknowledgement for a favor, gift, service, benefit, help, courtesy etc.
Experience of thanking others has been in customs historically in different cultures and religions, philosophies etc, though it became a focus in psychology quite late since psychology traditionally emphasized much on explaining distress instead of positive emotions.
I appreciate your wonderful question for how to make others happy by uttering ‘thank you’ willfully and with polite feelings of gratitude on occasions of obtaining help, favor or any service.
Han Ping Fung Sir,
Thanks for promotion of peace & reciprocal gratitude.Thanks a lot.
Zahir Hussain Sir,
Thanks giving is essential for expression of gratitude.your views about Thanks giving is polite one& we will make happy others by this act.
Here’s a list of eight benefits of practicing gratitude, primarily from thanks! by Robert Emmons and The How of Happiness by Sonja Lyubomirsky – benefits that go beyond simply being polite.
And receiving your parents’ approval.
1. Increased Positive Emotion
People who are consistently grateful experience more positive emotion, a key to building resilience and flourishing. They’re generally happier. And they experience more of other positive emotions, too, things like joy, enthusiasm, love, optimism, hope, interest, excitement and pride.
2. Protection from Negative Emotion
Practicing gratitude also protects us from negative emotions and destructive impulses like envy, resentment, greed and bitterness.
But wait there’s more: the more a person is inclined toward gratitude, the less likely he or she is to be depressed, anxious, lonely, envious or neurotic.
3. Better Coping with Stress
Another benefit of an “attitude of gratitude” (you knew I’d slip that in somehow, right?) is the ability to better cope with everyday stress – and increased resilience in response to stress from trauma.
4. Better Relationships
Want to feel more connected to others, experience better relationships and feel more altruistic? Make gratitude a part of your daily life.
5. Deeper Spiritual Life
Whether they considered themselves religious or spiritual, and no matter how they described their higher power, people who express gratitude more frequently describe feeling more spiritual, more religious and closer to God.
6. Better Physical Health
Grateful people tend to feel more energetic, experience greater physical health and recover from illness more quickly.
In a study of adults with chronic illnesses, on the days that they expressed gratitude, a significant number reported experiencing more hours of quality sleep.
So maybe the lyricist of that old song about counting your blessings instead of sheep was on to something, huh?
7. Increased Social Good
Remember the old Steve Martin song, the one that started with, “be courteous, kind and forgiving?” It gets silly in the third stanza, but at the beginning at least, way back in his wild and crazy guy days, Steve was on to something. People who consistently express gratitude tend to be more helpful, empathetic, and forgiving as well as less materialistic – all characteristics that increase the social good of those around them.
8. Maximized Enjoyment of the Good
By practicing gratitude, we can enjoy what’s good about our lives even more.
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