People say just choose to be happy...or grateful...or yadda, yadda (enter your positive emotion here). No doubt how you respond to situations is a choice, but it is not as easy as this advice would make it seem. There is some work, or more accurately some intentionality, involved. It’s a practice. We have to exercise our gratitude muscles to make them responsive and resilient.
At a dinner with some folks a while ago, we were asked to say what our passion is. For me, the answer was clear. My passion is holding people’s prayers. Strange? As a Spiritual Director/Companion and Nature Connection Guide, that is what I do. I create a space for people to connect with their soul, their yearnings, their prayers, and with Spirit in the world and in themselves.