Be grateful. To Maya Angelou not only cared about living with passion, but also living grateful. He tells in his book Letter to my daughter how at a moment in his life when he felt hopeless he went to see his mentor.
— "Here's a yellow notepad and pen." I want you to write down your blessings, ”he said.
— "I don't want to talk about it, I'm telling you I'm going crazy," she replied.
He insisted:
— "Think of the millions of people around the world who can't hear a choir, a symphony, or cry their own babies." Write: I can hear, thank goodness. Write that you can see this yellow notebook and think about the millions of people who cannot see a waterfall, how a flower opens or the faces of those who love. Write: I can see, thank God.
The rest of her life, Maya Angelou wrote her poems and books in yellow notebooks: "When I look at the blank page, I think first of all how lucky I am."
«I have learned that when I decide something with an open heart I usually make a good decision.»
Maya Angelou