Power Of Gratitude

It’s human nature to dwell on the negative. This tendency is called the “negativity bias,” or the propensity to focus on problems, annoyances, and injustices in our lives rather than focusing on being grateful for the events or people in our lives that are working and that we feel good about. Evolutionary psychologists believe we developed this negativity bias for our survival: Our brains developed a system that gives more weight to negative information, thus prioritising threats such as predators and natural disasters. However, while this bias may have been crucial for our survival, it can now cause us to overemphasise negative aspects of life.