And this is not Q&A Tuesday. It's a special episode of MarieTV in honor of the US holiday, Thanksgiving.

今天不是週二問答日，而是Marie TV 的特別企劃為了紀念美國節慶——感恩節。

And today we're gonna talk about the dark side of an often cheery topic.

今天我們要談的是正向能量的黑暗面。

Today I wanna talk to you about the downside of gratitude.

所以我將告訴你"感恩"會有什麼樣的壞處。

Being grateful seems like a harmless turkey day ritual, but really it's a dangerous state of mind. Let me explain.

保持感謝之心看似是一個無害的感恩節習俗，但其實是一個危險的心理狀態。讓我解釋給你聽。

Look, we all have negative thoughts from time to time. "I don't have enough money. My house sucks. I'm having a bad hair day."

你看，我們所有人無時無刻都有負面想法。「我沒有足夠的錢、我的房子有夠糟、我的頭髮今天糟透了！」

I don't have those. Just kidding!

我才沒有那樣。開開玩笑而已！

Or, you know, "Why is this person flying in first class and I'm stuck in coach? "Yada, yada, yada.

或是「為什麼他已經爬到了一流的位階，我卻還停滯不前」等等諸如此類。

Complaining can be an easy way to bond with people.

抱怨可以輕易使人連結，

Feeling like things are less than perfect can be an automatic place for your mind to rest, kind of like a big, negative, fluffy pillow.

好像那些不完美的事情可以變成一個讓心休息的地方，像是一個巨大、負面的絨毛枕頭。

Well, watch out, because a little gratitude will yank that fluffy pillow right out from underneath you.

小心，因為小小的感恩就會把你舒服的絨毛枕頭給用力拉走。

Gratitude kills. It kills self pity, it kills jealousy, it kills bitterness, and it kills regret.

感恩之心是殺手。它會殺死自憐、殺死嫉妒，殺死苦悶和後悔。

It's kinda like Raid. It kills negative thoughts, dead.

就像突襲一般，殺死所有負面想法，穩死的。

And you wanna know how fast acting it is? Check this out.

你想知道效果有多快嗎？看看這篇報告。

Here is a stat from a study done by Professor Emmons at UC Davis. People who kept a gratitude journal for just 3 weeks measured 25% higher on life satisfaction.

一個由加州大學戴維斯分校 Emmons 教授所做的研究數據指出，連續三周保持感恩之心的人對生活的滿意度會提高25%。

They exercised more, they drank less alcohol, and their families and friends noticed that they were nicer to be around. How cool is that?

他們做更多運動、喝較少酒精飲料，他們的家人和朋友也感覺他們變得更好相處了。多不可思議啊！

And the effects lasted several months beyond the initial 3 week study.

而且這個影響在最開始的三週研究後仍持續了數個月。

So here's the deal, the only downside to gratitude is that you have to give up some time-sucking, negative habits and emotional patterns that hold you back.

所以這麼解釋好了，保持感恩的唯一壞處就是你必須放棄一些抱怨的時間、扯你後腿的負面想法和情緒。

Because it's talked about so much and we're supposed to be grateful on Thanksgiving, it's really easy to dismiss gratitude as just self helpy or a once a year kinda thing.

已經說了這麼多，我們應該在感恩節表達一下謝意。雖然這份感謝常被誤會成是自助行為，或一年一次的例行公事。

But the truth is, gratitude is one of the most fast acting tools for personal transformation.

但事實上，感恩是最快改變一個人的方法之一。

No matter what negative state you find yourself in, no matter how bad things seem, the simple act of writing things down that you're grateful for will instantly change your mood.

無論你現在處在多負面的心理狀態，無論事情看起來多糟寫下你想感謝的事情吧，這個簡單的動作將會大大改變你的心情ㄡ

And if you do it consistently, it will totally transform your life.

如果你維持這個習慣，它甚至會改變你的人生。

If you're saying, "Yeah, yeah. I get the whole gratitude thing," but you don't actually do it, you are doing yourself a disservice.

如果你說：「對，對，我有很多要感恩的事」但你從未正視它，那等於是幫倒忙。

Now listen up, because this is a tweetable.

現在聽著，因為這太值得分享了。

"Gratitude is more powerful than any pill you can pick up at the pharmacy."

「感恩比你在藥局買的任何藥都還有效果。」

It's a natural mood enhancer! No dry mouth, no constipation, and no hot dog fingers.

它能使你心情自然而然變好！消除口腔乾燥、便秘、熱狗手指(指末端腫脹) 等疾病。

The only effect is the one I warned you about.

而唯一的壞處我已經警告過你了。

Loss of negative thoughts, loss of pity parties, inability to stay stuck in a miserable state, absence of limiting and soul-sucking beliefs, a lack of ability to blame your parents for everything that's wrong with you.

失去負面想法、損失別人憐憫、無法繼續沉溺在悲慘世界裡無法設地自限及維持沮喪狀態，失去將自己的一切問題歸咎於父母的能力。

Pretty great, right? So let's get this gratitude party started right now. In the comments below, I want you to tell me at least 10 things you're grateful for.

很棒，對嗎？所以現在就讓我們開始這個感恩活動吧。在下面的回覆中我希望你告訴我至少10件你想感謝的事。

Then I want you to report any instant side effects, and I should not be hearing about hot dog fingers.

然後回報任何它立即帶來的影響，我想我應該不會聽到熱狗手指吧。

I'm gonna do it too, over where the gratitude party is taking place, at MarieForleo.com, so go there now and leave a comment.

我也會參與。這個感恩活動會辦在 MarieForleo.com，所以現在就去瞧瞧，還有留下評論吧！

Now, before I go, do you wanna know one of the things I'm most grateful for? It's you.

在我離開以前，你想知道我最感謝的一件事是什麼嗎？是你。

MarieTV is one of the things I love most in my life, and getting to connect with you each and every week is awesome.

MarieTV是我生命中最熱愛的一件事，能夠每個禮拜都和你們每個人交流真的很棒。

I so appreciate your emails and your comments and everything that you share with me.

我很感謝你們的 email、留言，還有你們和我分享的一切。

So thank you again, I am deeply, deeply appreciative.

再次謝謝你們，我真的深深感激在心。

Did you like this video? If so, subscribe and share it with your friends.

你喜歡這個影片嗎？如果喜歡，請訂閱然後和你的朋友們分享。

And if you want even more great resources to have a business and a life you love, plus personal insights from me that I only talk about in email, get your butt over to MarieForleo.com and sign up for email updates.

想要更多創造喜愛生活和工作的資訊，還有我只在 email 回覆的個人想法嗎？立即展開行動到MarieForleo.com 並註冊email更新吧。

Stay on your game and keep going for your dreams. The world needs that special gift that only you have.

繼續努力和追尋你的夢想，這個世界需要你的獨特天賦。

Thank you so much for watching this special episode of MarieTV.

非常感謝收看MarieTV的特別企劃。

I'm sending you and your family all of my love.

給你和你的家人我所有的愛。

Catch you next time.

下次再見。