"Be grateful for your life, every detail of it, and your face will come to shine like a sun, and everyone who sees it will be made glad and peaceful.”

"Be a helpful friend, like a green tree bearing always new fruit."

"Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion."

<ul><li>Writing a thank-you note to someone you value.</li><li>Thanking someone mentally for something they have done or said.</li><li>Keeping a journal where you write things or people you're grateful for. </li><li>Sitting down to count your blessings - list out all the things you're truly blessed with in life.</li><li>Meditating with a focus on specific things you're grateful for. Being grateful will make your brain release <a href="https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a30003439/practicing-gratitude-boosts-physical-health/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CWhen%20you%20experience%20the%20feeling,similar%20to%20a%20runner's%20high.%E2%80%9D&text=If%20you're%20not%20familiar,feelings%20of%20happiness%20and%20pleasure.">chemicals</a> like endorphins and dopamine.</li></ul>These things will make you happier and will improve your mood.

How you can apply it

"Laugh as much as you breath. Love as long as you live."

"Do not worry if all the candles in the world flicker and die. We have the spark that starts the fire."

<ul><li>Recognize when someone is struggling, ans ask how they are.</li><li>Ask how you can help a friend, at work, or your spourse.</li><li>Appreciate and recognize people, they will value it enormously.</li></ul>When you help someone out, you feel great. To build trust with and beyond our community, we need to cooperate. To help out, and be willing to get the help we need, when we are vulnerable.

<ul><li>Focus on self-growth and improvement. Read inspiring stories, rather than spending hour on social media. </li><li>Sorround yourself with positive people whose outlook on life moves you forward, rather than holds you back.</li><li>Set some goals, You can try the “<a href="https://blog.growthinstitute.com/scale-up-blueprint/bhag-big-hairy-audacious-goal#:~:text=To%20put%20it%20simply%2C%20a,more%20than%20just%20a%20goal.">BHAG</a>” technique here. </li><li>Set yourself some inspiring targets, deadlines to achieve them, and go after them relentlessly. </li></ul>

<ul><li>See the bright side in every situation. Seek out the positive, and even the comical, in your everyday life. </li><li>Have a good laugh as often as you can.</li><li>Take a step back: in difficult situations, realize that all is temporary. </li></ul>Laughter seems to be effective in avoiding goind down a negative spiral. Laughter helps to counteract this spike, triggering a more positive feeling which rewires your brain to look for positive things.

13th-century Persian poet Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī, known as Rumi, is widely regarded as a legendary philosopher and spiritual master. Rumi became a guiding light for many on their life’s journey…

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