The ability to turn something bad into something good is a positive and, arguably, the deepest essence of positive psychology.
Life often doesn’t work out out as planned or expected. Destructive emotions, wrong motives, poor decisions, bad habits, disappointments, failures, difficult relationships, suffering and grief don’t help our cause. Rejection can be demoralising and devastating. Such setbacks can be harmful and can leave permanent scars.
For most of us, life is not a constant stream of major problems. Instead, most of our time is spent in the routine of daily living: work, family commitments, finances, entertainment, sport and so on.
Truth be told, life is never a smooth ride. View the major or minor annoyances not as problems but as challenges. Many get stuck in life’s bitterness and begin…
