Saying thank you can have positive effects on your health and the well-being of others.

    I once witnessed kindness from complete1 last year and it really impressed me. It was a sunny afternoon. It 2 me at first that my partner fall unconscious on the ground suddenly on our way to the office. Soon I realized that I had to calm down and call3 services. Within minutes, a police car and ambulance arrived4 with police and nursing staff. My partner was rushed to the5 where he received the care that he 6.

    Few days later, my partner got better, and I wrote thank-you notes to those 7police and nursing staff and baked for them. When I 8 the cakes to them the next day, they thanked me for the gifts. Thanked me? All I'd done was baking, but they'd 9 a life. I drove away feeling relaxed and 10 partly because I'd done a good deed, but11because I was amazed that there are so many12people. They do a lot of great things13they expect nothing in return.

    Research has shown that sharing thoughts of gratitude (感恩) and performing acts of kindness can 14 your mood and health condition. I think it is probably 15 I felt happier than usual then.

    “We know from studies in the literature that gratitude does have a good 16on how you feel, and that it17 life satisfaction.” says Willibald Ruch, a psychology professor at the University of Zurich who researches the effects of character strengths 18gratitude and humour. “It's 19 the top five causes of happiness.” he adds.

    You can20 positive changes in your own life by choosing to embrace gratitude.