So how do you avert negativity? When it unintentionally, unconsciously, consumes part of your life, how do you pull back?

I’m trying to figure that out. Part of it seems to simply be a relinquishing of the importance of life: what is a life well lived if we don’t enjoy it? If we don’t have fun? Part of living is purely hedonistic.

Another theory I’ve considered: gratitude. Perhaps negativity is the absence of gratitude, and maybe if we reach back out to the universe with our hearts, with genuine thankfulness for all that is, not what could be, we can transcend that negativity.

As I pursue both these avenues, I remind myself how life is hard. This is a journey after all, and journeys are not composed of short easy ventures.