Daily Gratitude: Most of the time this is up to you. You can make it a great day. There are even remarkable people who are disabled or who are dying can find something about their day or their lives to be happy about. Why not try to find one tiny little thing that makes you happy. Make sure you allow yourself to smile about the memory or thought so that your brain is actively engaging your muscles. That’s an “action” and all of the good things we experience have some sort of action associated. Anyway, have that one little thing be your “happiness factor” to start your day. Then the rest of the day, your job is to find other LEGO pieces to add to the “happy construction” you’ve got going. To start with they should be little things so you can find more and more. You can use the same ones on more than one day if you need to. But the more you practice, the easier it will become to find something right around you that adds to your happiness. Maybe a loved one is in the hospital in critical condition. But can you be happy they are getting great care, that the ambulance got them to the hospital in time; that there are people coming to be with you or calling/texting; that you are well enough to be able to endure this; etc.? You may have to go so little with something like “there are vending machines here”. Find something to smile about. It will increase your energy and allow you to have more strength to deal with whatever else is coming your way that day.