"Describing our Good will bring it to our sight again." Emma Curtis Hopkins
It seems that people are either oriented to seeing the good in life or they are oriented to seeing what is wrong in life. The better orientation for mental health is to see what is good in one's life. Research supports that an orientation toward the positive is life enhancing. Joan Borysenko and others recommend expressions of gratitude to help a person orient toward seeing the good in his/her life. What is there to be grateful for: Dwane has been more lucid for the past week than the previous 6 weeks. It is a beautiful and sunny day, albeit cold. I am so enjoying watching the Olympics (we have television coverage for the first time in 8 years.) My children are well, safe and experiencing transitions that seem very good for them. Life is good. I will look for examples that support that goodness today.
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