Good morning to you from Madrid, Spain. The first thing that came into my mind this morning when I woke up was I’m so happy, and I thought wow, what a great feeling. I’m at the home of my lifelong best friend Marion librarian. Marion Weger. We’ve been friends for over 45 years and I’m in her home where I have been coming for I don’t know- in this particular house – for at least 25 years. I’ve been in the same bed every time I come here for years and years. It’s very comforting to me on a very deep level and I’m very grateful for it.

Anyway, back to this idea feeling so happy. can count on my hand three or four different people who have said to me in the last seven days I’m so happy, which led to this conversation about acknowledging when we’re happy. Saying it out loud. Noticing it. When you are in that mindset, you start noticing other things that make you happy. I know there’s a lot of science behind keeping a gratitude journal because the more you pay attention to and acknowledge the things that you’re happy about or grateful for, the more evidence you see of things that make you happy or things you’re grateful for. I know that.

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