Colm O'Regan: of gratitude in an uncertain time

Gratitude. I’m grateful I found out about it actually. I had always thought of gratitude as a sort of fuzzy nice-to-have. That in today’s dog eat dog world, an alpha-male mover and shaker like me hasn’t time to be writing thank you cards. But scientists now say gratitude is the real deal.

Gratitude can boost serotonin and dopamine in your brain. Basically, it’s a free drug. Knowing this puts it in the category of Things I Might Actually Do. Especially now, when the future is so uncertain and I am liable to start freaking out.