How can I start to feel uplifted when nothing in the world is positive right now?

I guess my first question would be, is that really true? Is there nothing positive in the world right now? Just close your eyes and breathe into that question. Feel into what is true and not true about that belief.

I might also invite you to keep a gratitude list. Remind yourself on a daily basis of what you are grateful for — from the sun coming up in the morning. to a good cup of coffee, a song you love, a person in your life, for all the people trying to do their part and everything in between.

In our culture we think of things in terms of good and bad, happy or sad. We think we have to always be on the easier side of that coin but maybe the task here is to just find acceptance of what is — to be in the experience of what is — good or bad and become teachable in this place.

Aimee Falchuk