In my quest to stay positive, I focus my brain each morning into admiring the beauty of life that surrounds me and to be grateful for another day of living. I know it's hard to get positive if you are a negative person like I was, but it can happen and it really does help. It takes a lot of work initially, but once you practice it each day, it comes easier.
I use my five senses on a basic level to help me be grateful; My eyes that I see the beauty of God's creation; My ears so that I hear the singing of the birds and the gentle or harsh blowing of the winds; My touch that I can feel the sun caressing my face; My smell that I can smell the fresh earth under my feet; My taste that I can taste the growth of the earth;
It really helps if you can get out and enjoy a walk while doing this, but if you can't, try see as much sky that you can from where ever you are.
Enjoy the innocence of children, their cries, their cuteness, their sulks, their beauty, their sleepless nights.
For it will be gone all too fast.