Psychologist Martin Seligman found that gratitude is a key ingredient of happiness, and the “gratitude visit” was his invention. Many people believe that they will be happy once they have money, they are famous, married to a spouse, or working at a good job. You think of a person who was truly helpful to you and a “gratitude letter” is written by you to that person. Visit this person and reading your letter aloud. In a letter, explain sincerely and with specifics why you are grateful. According to Seligman, the ritual is moving, powerful, and there is a lot of
