How do you apply gratitude in real practice? We hear personal development gurus talk about gratitude a lot. But what does it really mean? Is it enough to close our eyes and think about what we’re grateful for? What does it do? What actually happens when we do this apart from whatever effect it…

Mandy Len Catron wrote an essay about these. It's called “To Fall in Love With Anyone, Do This,”. Mandy's piece is based on a study conducted by the psychologist Arthur Aron which looks at whether closeness between two strangers can be accelerated 36 specific questions. These 36 questions are divided into three sets, each…