This goal has become increasingly important to me as I’m realizing just how many people around me spend their days complaining! Each day is a new exercise in finding things to be unhappy about. It’s exhausting to be around, and frankly, I think it’s an exhausting undertaking. I think the trick is really recognizing what you have, and consciously appreciating it everyday. I find that I rarely have a “bad day” anymore, and can always find something to be happy and optimistic about, even when things go wrong that upset me. I realize now that most day-to-day things that go wrong just aren’t that bad.
The trick now is figuring out how to “cultivate” this, and encourage it in others. Of course, you can’t force change in anyone who’s unwilling, but I think optimism is a worthwhile thing to try to cultivate. I know my days have been much brighter, and it also helps with that difficult goal of “becoming a morning person!”
