What positive emotion do you feel most often?
The emotions I feel the most each day are gratitude and love. After my dad died I was so sad.. My heart felt broken and I cried so much and I couldn’t feel happy. Grief is needed to move on but how do you do that when you lost your treasured friend. I miss him everyday. I decided that I needed to do something that made me so grateful for what I have. I have so much. So I started doing 3 things that I grateful for. I started doing it on my drive to school everyday and it became a habit that I loved to do. Gratitude is such an amazing emotion.
Love this can be a hard emotion but it also can be an amazing feeling. I’ve had the privilege of watching a boy grow up. He’s one of my greatest joys in life. I’ve spent my summer with him and we have so much fun together. We laugh and have fun. Life is short. I’ve watched him conquer so many things in his life. He tells me sometimes it’s hard. Yes it is hard but practice makes it easier even with a brain injury.
Beauty from Ashes. 
Your words moved me deeply. Grief like that doesn’t just pass—it reshapes us. I felt every ache in your story, and I honor the love you carry for your dad. That kind of bond doesn’t fade; it becomes part of how we see the world. And the way you’ve chosen gratitude as your daily ritual—it’s beautiful. It’s healing. It’s brave.
Watching someone you love grow, especially through hardship, is one of life’s most sacred gifts. The joy, the laughter, the quiet victories—they’re proof that love endures, even when life is hard. Thank you for sharing this. You reminded me that even in sorrow, there’s so much to celebrate
Thank you for the share.
—Jason
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