This week, we post a new personal growth tip or inspiration drawn from a recent Daily Dose of Happiness mailing.

POSITIVITY

What can be better than waking up and saying, "Today is a beautiful day!"

Not much, except perhaps waking up and saying, "Today is a beautiful day and I am going to keep it that way."

It's not always easy to keep our spirits up.  You get to work and there's a grumpy coworker, and the boss wants to see you in his office  like yesterday about the latest crisis and the cursed computer just won't boot up - just on the day when your IT helper calls in sick - and ...

Stop.  The world can get to you, that's for certain.  But only if you let it.  I know, I probably sound like that Kit Kat commercial from a few years ago (or is it still playing?) where everything goes into blissful slow motion when biting into the chocolate bar.  Yes, in fact that's what I mean.  Not the chocolate part, but the break part.  Take a moment in the washroom if you must to pull yourself together, gather your composure, determine that you will remain positive (even if everyone around you are pulling what's left of their hair our), smile and return to reality fully armed to ride the waves of life like an expert surfer.

Surf's up!

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