It’s so easy to get bogged down in the hard stuff of life — and the negatives. Believe me, I can go there. Fortunately, I get right back to being happy. I don’t think much about what helps me do that.

Sandra Pawula has thought about what fosters happiness and wrote about it.

She discusses using positive intention:

Here are a few positive intentions you could try out for a day, a week, or a month — one at a time. Make an intention to be:

Patient Generous Kind Friendly Helpful Consoling Thoughtful Forgiving Affirming

What do these positive intentions have in common? They’re other-directed.

Thank you for this insightful piece, Sandra.

Thank you for stopping by, dear reader. Katie