- don't marinate in your sadness. you are not steak. you are a person; you're irreplaceable. open yourself up to contentment. bathe in the rivers of glee. go for hikes with satisfaction. sleep in a warm cocoon of blankets with bliss. let endless happiness overcome your hopeless sadness. you deserve to be happy. if life is a game and you are the referee, be biased for once and let happiness win.
- eat if you're hungry. food is not the enemy. you are human and need food to survive. you deserve to eat. put those raspberries on your fingers and sprinkle sugar on your tongue. taste the summer breeze and sweet aroma of jasmine flowers.
- eat raspberries off your fingertips.
- never feel compelled to apologize when you don't feel sorry. it's okay that you're honest. it's okay that you have a different opinion from someone else.
- read books and watch movies from your childhood. a healthy dose of nostalgia is okay. immerse yourself in your past innocence.
- read several pages of the dictionary. learn new words. write down the ones you wish to remember.
- smile at strangers; say hello. it will improve their day and your own.
- venture outside and observe natural life. watch a honeybee suck the nectar from lavender plants. watch a snail slowly make its way towards the shade of a tree. watch a hummingbird innocently fly above your head. realize how insignificant you are.
- walk to a park and get on a swing. go as high as you can; feel limitless. the world is yours.
- write letters to the people you love. don't seal them; don't send them. instead, stick them between the pages of library books.
- write lists. they can be about anything.
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