Merit from Gratitude

Abstract

          This article presents the creation of merit from expressing gratitude based on understanding of fellow human beings and the relationship of interdependent nature of life. Gratitude does not only have a meaning of giving back, paying back or replacing material and money to parents and caregivers but gratitude has a profound meaning of being grateful or repaying merit based on rightful thinking and proper consideration and appropriateness in being a person who is knowledgeable about the grateful that you received. Merit from gratitude returner is he becomes a giver, knows how to give, and be kind and compassion person. Mostly givers have a strong mind and build up mental immunity connected to mental health in helping reduce anxiety, increase self-esteem, and emotional stability support body to rest and get better health. Returning gratitude is merit, morality and universal attitude. It is a behavior that not only builds good relationships with family, siblings, friends, those close to them, people in society, including animals, things on earth we are living in. If people understand relationships and nature which connect in society and the environment, in addition to gratitude shown to parents and fellow humans, all animals and things have it owned value we should be grateful for. Expressing gratitude is merit from the foundation of understanding by seeing the truth of living by natural support. Cultivating goodness and morality in oneself will help create good relationships in the family, in society, and expanding to the world society.