#kindnessiscool選擇樂觀

And you know, we all have a choice every day you can focus on what's wrong with your life Or you can focus on what's right with your life This is our mom Joan Joan was the first powerful optimist in our lives Almost the entire time growing up. Our dad wasn't a bad guy was depressed and Our mother was there to keep the family together She stayed by my father's side and she showed us that although we didn't have the money to travel to Disneyland We could go anywhere in our mind. She unlocked our imagination When she told us bedtime stories, she didn't just tell us the stories. She acted out the characters But maybe the most powerful thing our mother did for us Was a little ritual at the dinner table. She looked around to her six kids no matter what was happening And she said tell me something good that happened today Very simple prompt. Tell me something good that happened today It's a nice one to use in your company to start your meetings or at your own family's dinner table Because what happens is you change the energy She showed us that our disposition is powerful and she changed the energy in the house the media inundates our culture with negative information Always reinforcing what's wrong with the world and rarely telling us what's right with the world And you know, we all have a choice every day You can focus on what's wrong with your life Well, you can focus on what's right with your life and wherever you put your energy Wherever you focus and whatever you focus on that will grow. That was something our mom taught us at the dinner table Optimists roam the world seeing opportunities They don't ignore obstacles, but they overcome obstacles by focusing on the opportunities When you're an optimist, you're more innovative. You're more innovative because you're open-minded You're not afraid to experiment. You're not afraid to explore the world the ones who embraced The idea that life is good the most were the ones who were facing the most adversity It's a photograph of a little girl named Lindsay Beggin 11 years old and she was diagnosed with terminal bone cancer and the Boston Globe wrote an article about her and the journalist said Do you understand your prognosis? And she said yes, they don't think I'm gonna live longer than a year And he said do you mind if I ask why you're wearing a hat that says life is good 11 years old, you know what? She said very matter-of-factly Because before I was sick, I took my life for granted But now I want to make sure every day counts that blew us away Absolutely blew us away Lindsay Beggin was 11 years old 17 years ago and Told she was gonna live one year. I'm gonna play a short video because Lindsay didn't pass away Hi, my name is Lindsay. I was diagnosed with viewing sarcoma a bone cancer when I was 10 years old. I Was going through chemotherapy and lost all of my hair so a bunch of our family friends donated hats The one that stuck out to me the most was this life As a reminder Reminded me to be positive and happy and excited Even though I was going through something that was a little bit difficult What Lindsay showed us is that her optimism enabled her to access courage? So it was the beginning when we started we thought well, there's pessimism. There's realism and there's optimism. We're on this team. Okay Pessimism is corrosive realism lacks imagination Optimism on the other hand is Boundless it can take you anywhere and it opens you up People have a misconception that wealth and material goods will make you happy, but statistics show that they don't Some people think that that special place in life being in that special place if it's off at the beach or up in the mountains or if you get That promotion or if you meet that special person, then you're going to be happy then you're going to be fulfilled It's not true. The only thing that will enable a happy and fulfilling life is your disposition