1. Look up
There are things you can fix and things you can’t. If you were swindled of a million dollars, lost someone you love or your house burnt down, chances are you wouldn’t get it back. While mourning loss is important, getting lost in the sorrow is not healthy. You need to focus on what you can do with life right now.
A happy life consists of love: being who you love, being with those you love, doing what you love and living where you love. Sometimes, you will lose something you love, but if you keep the door open, new love will enter.
The important thing is accepting life for what it is: filled with ups and downs, joys and sorrows. If you don’t accept that, you will become bitter and blame life for being hard. It is hard sometimes to accept it and move on. Open your door to new things to love. Choose to focus on the beauty.
If you are having a bad day and need a change of thoughts, watch a comedy or another happy movie. It’s best if you go out to be among people when doing it, but even if at home, watch a nice movie, or read a great book. It will help you to focus on something nice. Stories also tend to heal us as we process our own things when we read/watch them.
It might sound trivial to watch a great movie if you’ve recently lost a child or gone through a divorce, but you need to start shifting your focus to enable healing. There’s a time to cry and a time to take a break from the crying.