I sensed that my life was better when I focused on things that were working as opposed to focusing on the long list that goes wrong, but I wanted to know if there was any validity to that. Deborah Norville More Quotes by Deborah Norville More Quotes From Deborah Norville When you're true to who you are, amazing things happen. Deborah Norville amazing-things things-happen happens There is something in even the darkest situations that we can make a positive in our lives. Deborah Norville our-lives situation My job as a television anchor or television reporter is not to proselytize. Deborah Norville anchors jobs television If you want to be liked, get a dog. The people you work with are not your friends. Deborah Norville dog want people It is hard to get in the habit of forcing yourself to find three things on a regular basis that you are grateful for. Deborah Norville grateful habit three A thankful outlook smoothes the rough edges off life. Deborah Norville gratitude appreciation inspirational 'Thank you power' is writing down the moments that are good in your life so that you can go back and reflect on them - so you've got this sort of repository of good stuff in your past. Deborah Norville gratitude writing thank-you So many self-help ideas are like meringue - you take a big bite, and there's nothing there. Deborah Norville self helping ideas What I've learned is there's a scientifically proven phenomenon that's attached to gratitude, and that if you consciously take note of what is good in your life, quantifiable benefits happen. Deborah Norville gratitude benefits grateful People who feel positively think differently. They think better. Deborah Norville positive people thinking Grateful people may recover faster from trauma. Deborah Norville grateful may people If I have time to exercise, I do it, but I don't fixate on numbers like weight or waist size. Numbers don't work for me. Deborah Norville weight exercise numbers Children may not notice the positive moments in life unless we point them out to them. Deborah Norville moments may children When my mother passed away I was 20. Deborah Norville mother-passed-away passed-away mother The scripture is God's plan on how we are to live our lives here and what we are to do to have eternal life. Deborah Norville eternal-life gods-plan scripture There is a comfort in rituals, and rituals provide a framework for stability when you are trying to find answers. Deborah Norville comfort answers trying What's the first image that comes to mind when you think of a mental hospital? Jack Nicholson in 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,' right? We need to change that perception, and places like this one are doing that. Deborah Norville perception mind thinking There are days-depression is a part of it-when if all you do is get dressed, take a shower and put on your makeup, then it is a good day. Your goals have to be much lower. But if you take one tiny little step, then you can take another and another. Deborah Norville good-day makeup depression I think for anyone who's gone through a crisis, there comes a turning point, an epiphany, that marks the beginning of the end. Deborah Norville epiphany gone thinking I want my kids to be curious, to be interested in a lot of things, to be confident, and to feel they belong in any number of situations. Deborah Norville want numbers kids
