Pollyanna

Pollyanna introduced the so-called "Glad game". It goes this way. In whatever situation, one should find something to be glad about.
I have always been a very positive person, an optimist, someone who always saw the glass "half full". But something happened and for a long time I found it difficult to just go through each day and remain a decent person, much less to find anything positive about everything.
Now I have gotten back my smile. It is not a boisterous and exuberant joy. Rather, it is a feeling of lightness in my heart because I believe that there is always something good. It may not be big or obvious, but there is always something good.
I do not know how I have managed to arrive at this point. I cannot give any advice on how to overcome the long and terrible periods of darkness that each person must pass in their life.
All I know is that it was a gift, a grace from God.
I guess that is the secret in finding always something to be glad about, something to be grateful for. When I look at life with gratitude, it means that I recognize that there is something good. When I look at the small blessings that make up my every day life, then there is really something to be glad about. And each day I can always find so much to be grateful for.