A little bit of gratitude can do wonders for your health — mashable.com

Thanksgiving may be the only major American holiday focused on giving thanks for all of life's blessings, but gratitude isn't just a good excuse for chowing down on turkey and pumpkin pie; it's also a way to promote good health and well-being, experts say. Dozens of studies have found that gratitude can improve well-being, and can even help people curb depression and anxiety, improve cholesterol and get better sleep, said Robert Emmons, a psychologist at the University of California, Davis, and author of Gratitude Works! A 21-Day Program for Creating Emotional Prosperity (Jossey-Bass, 2013).

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