May you be present in what you do.
May you never become lost in the bland absences.
May the day never burden you.
May dawn find you awake and alert, approaching your new day with dreams,
Possibilities and promises.
May evening find you gracious and fulfilled.
May you go into the night blessed, sheltered and protected.
May your soul calm, console and renew you.
John O’Donoghue, May the light of your soul gude you
It’s like lying in bed before dawn and hearing rain on the roof……..
This simple sound can be disappointing because we were planning a picnic. It can be pleasing because our garden is so dry. But the flexible mind doesn’t draw conclusions of good or bad. It perceives the sound without adding anything extra, without judgments of happy or sad.
Pema Chodron, Comfortable with Uncertainty
The trick is not how much pain you feel but how much joy you feel.
Any idiot can feel pain. Life is full of excuses to feel pain, excuses not to live, excuses not to love, excuses, excuses, excuses.
Erica Jong
The best way to boost positivity, according to Barbara Fredrickson Ph.D, researcher and author of Positivity, is to live in the moment.
If you can be present to what you are experiencing right now – whether you are having breakfast, walking the dog, mowing the lawn, driving the car or attending a meeting – you’ll significantly increase your chances of feeling positive. “ Our interpretations of our immediate circumstances define our emotions” she says “and we have a lot more choice about those interpretations than we give ourselves credit for”. Turn our focus to the now ( for example, reading this blog post, working at your desk) and you will have less space in your head for negative thoughts. In addition, you’ll feel more grounded and creative when tackling the many challenges that the day offers.
There is a Japanese saying: The elbow does not bend outward. It is a smart saying. The 
freedom of the elbow, the wonderfulness of the elbow, is precisely because of its limitations. This is our awakened attitude. We are free to be completely human. We are not free to be aliens or cartoon creatures. We are free to be ourselves, with all of our imperfections and bruises.
Jason Shulman, The Instruction Manual for Receiving God
When we are having a tough day, finding the positive side of everyday happenings can be difficult. It is an even greater struggle for people suffering from depression. But by developing skills to tune into the positive, depressed people can strengthen their overall wellbeing and mental health, a 2009 Ohio State University study 
found. By staying mindful of the positive elements of daily events, or by documenting each days happiest moments in a journal, a person may lower their stress levels. “Positive emotions build resilience to stress, in addition to having an undoing effect on depression” says Alan Keck, Psychologist at the Centre for Positive Psychology.
He goes on to say that we should consciously build up our positive resilience by really focusing when we are having an experience that we find especially pleasant. This may simply be a good cup of coffee, a special brunch, a visit to friends, a nice meal. To magnify the results, he says, pay attention to what you see, hear, and feel, both physically and emotionally, and smile. Then consciously tell yourself to “remember this” experience for which you feel grateful. Doing this helps the mind store the positive effects of the moment for future use.
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