Maya Angelou struggled through childhood abuse an racism to emerge as a premier poet and civil rights leader. She resisted despair by practicing gratitude.

Angelou once said: “This is a wonderful day. I’ve never seen this one before.”

That was her way of living. Each day, no matter how heavy, was a gift. A new chance. A reason to give thanks.

And maybe, if we learn to see the world through that same lens, we’ll find that gratitude doesn’t just comfort us. It strengthens us.

It teaches us to sing even in the dark.

In our new segment, Gratitude University (Gratitude U) we briefly summarize the following studies:

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01491/full

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886916303038