Gratitude brings happiness.

Meaning: Being thankful for the good things in your life can make you feel happier.

Choice of Words: Showing gratitude - appreciation for what you have - leads to happiness and contentment.

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Being grateful makes you happy.

Meaning: This means the same as the first sentence, but it emphasizes that feeling grateful is what causes the happiness.

Choice of Words: Being grateful means feeling thankful and appreciative for something good that has happened. Makes means to cause something to happen. Happy is a feeling of joy, contentment, and well-being. When you put them together, "Being grateful makes you happy" means that when you feel thankful and appreciative for the good things in your life, it can make you feel happy.

Thankfulness leads to happiness.

Meaning: This means the same as the first two sentences, but it emphasizes that thankfulness is the path that leads to happiness.

Choice of Words: Thankfulness is a feeling of gratitude and appreciation for something good that has happened. Leads means to guide or direct someone or something. Happiness is a feeling of joy, contentment, and well-being. When you put them together, "Thankfulness leads to happiness" means that being thankful and appreciative for the good things in your life can lead you to feel happy.

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