Develop a positive outlook on life by looking for the good in every situation.

I have known people whose defense mechanism is to automatically assume the absolute worst in every situation. Got the sniffles? It’s probably Monkey Pox! Weatherman says it might storm? Bet we get ten inches and the power goes off for a week. Little Billy fell off the swing? Clearly, his back is broken! I don’t know about you, but I would be constantly exhausted if I thought this way. Now, I’m not telling you to be hopelessly optimistic and assume that everything is atomically going to go your way. But there is nothing wrong with expecting good things to happen to you. The truth is, life is hard and bad things happen to all of us. The trick is to find the good, even in the worst of situations. It’s not always easy. And some times are just black and bleak. But, more often than not, things are never as bad as they seem. The Chinese word for “Crisis” is a combination of “danger” and “opportunity!” Hard times will come; how we handle them is up to us.