How important is gratitude to living a happy, peaceful and content life? Concentration camp survivor Dr. Viktor Frankyl says "To live is to suffer; to survive is to find meaning in the suffering.”

Gratitude, is a key to finding meaning in the suffering. Whatever you are proactively grateful for grows stronger. The more you recognize and express gratitude for the things you have, the more things you will have to express gratitude for.

ONE MORE THOUGHT: Why include an episode on gratitude? What does this have to do with fitness? Although not as easily measured, emotional fitness, is unquestionably a huge part of being fit. I'd go so far to say that if we aren't at least reasonably, emotionally fit the rest doesn't matter.

Gratitude IS the anti-dote to everyday low-level woes and poor-me thinking. From Biblical times onward, every single philosopher and thought leader embraces the power of gratitude for improving our mindset, attitude and abundance, regardless of the amount of material abundance in our lives. It's that important to living a fulfilled and happy life.

Thank you for watching. By the way this "Thank you" is a reactive form of gratitude. You did something and I thanked you. It's genuine but still it's reactive. PROactive gratitude can be even more powerful - that is when you give thanks to yourself, someone else, the universe not for what has been done FOR YOU but just for being.