Daily Gratitude: This is especially true when you realize we make our own happiness. This is why I use my “everything always works out for me” mantra. I don’t know what’s ahead but I know it will be a lot better if I go toward it believing it’s the best thing for me. Sure it’s hard when there’s a disaster in our lives but we have to go on. The recent hurricanes and flooding had brought terrible times on people but it’s also brought out the beauty and goodness of people. We can only control the controllables and the most important part of that is how we think about something and how we respond. Stay in the present but if you have to think about something else, pick the future and not the past.