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"Feeling a little low today? When I&amp;#x27;m bummed out, I try to put things in perspective by remembering this little bit of wisdom ... Underneath it all--the rude comment from a co-worker, your boyfriend&amp;#x27;s issues, the rain, the disappointing news--there is happiness, it just needs to be excavated a bit. True, there is such a thing as deep and haunting unhappiness and depression, but I think at times we can be so quick to pull out the &amp;quot;I&amp;#x27;m unhappy&amp;quot; card--which we then proceed to dwell on--that we fail to realized that we really are happy--and that we have so much to be happy about. My husband is the ultimate optimist. Where I&amp;#x27;ll complain about my bad day, he&amp;#x27;ll find 20 positive things I overlooked. He&amp;#x27;s taught me to go back to the basics when I think I&amp;#x27;m unhappy. I ask myself these questions to keep life in perspective (and the answers are always, well almost always, yes): 1. Do I have a roof over my head? 2. Are my kids healthy? 3. Am I healthy? 4. Am I loved? 5. Do I have things to look forward to? 6. Do I have basic financial security and safety? 7. Do I have something to laugh about? 8. Do I like my job at least 50 percent of the time? These simple reminders (not grandiose benchmarks, which I think we can get caught up in) are reminders that my life (and yours) is actually filled with happiness even when things seem stormy. Big (happy) hug to you! P.S. I dare you to try this free and easy get-happy trick (it will cheer you up right now--I promise!). Have you made any New Year&amp;#x27;s resolutions? Here are some fantastic ones, and a bunch more from Vitamin G readers, to start this year off right! More Ways to Get Glamour You could win $50,000 just for registering or logging in to Glamour.com! Sign up for Glamour.com&amp;#x27;s Style Tips of the Week and Beauty Tip of the Day newsletters! Add Glamour to your iGoogle homepage. Follow us on Twitter! Photo: Getty; photo for illustrative purposes only"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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