Early one morning an enigmatic squirrel pranced down the deck railing and then stopped, it did not have a care in the world. I sat there and thought how could this happy little critter improve my morning? Then it dawned on me. Not only should I be happy that I am in a day anew but I should really be grateful for all I have.

In the last three years my life had seen some dark times when I was surrounded by sadness, sickness, death and misery. However for all of the bad things that have brought me down I know they have only built on the things that will uplift me. Family is an internal need of a human being. Without family we would all perish from the earth. Family is the thing that upholds and uplifts you through the thick and the thin. Productivity is an action that leads to a consequence of fulfillment. Teaching is a long sought after method of bringing knowledge to those who need it. If you can master and bring in to your life all three of these elements then you will indeed be happy.

Dark times come and they go. Everyone faces these times and everyone needs to realize they will pass and no matter what you face if you remain positive and force good things into your everyday life dark times have nothing on you. If you master your own mind and the right you have to thinking positive and projecting the good things from your mind into your reality, then and only then will you see the dark times end.

What have we faced in recent years? If we look at the world in a whole it's surrounded by darkness and misery, but it is also surrounded by light and happiness. If you look to the simplest person on the planet, the person who has nothing and ask them "what makes you the happiest?" They will most definitely respond "my family." These people who have nothing also have everything. They can watch their child play, they can bring them happiness through food and gifts and they will always know if they do this right that child will love them.

The Point, the point is that if you no matter what your situation is find your "family" or some sort of bonding prospect in your life. Then you will never have time to feel down. You will be so busy so bedazzled that you will only have time to enjoy the good things in your life because at the end of the day these things are what you should focus on. It also never hurts to read inspirational words from others.