Positive psychology can definitely help change one's perspective on many situations and teach them how to make the most of the negative circumstances in their life. Having a positive outlook on life is great for one's well-being, as it helps reduce stress and can also improve your health. Before taking this course, it was somewhat difficult for me to see the positive in many of the problems I faced. Now that I have completed this course, I can now look back on situations in my life and handle them more appropriately. I remember a lack of mindfulness as a child and would always like to do things my way and never take other people's feelings into consideration. For example, if I wanted a new game or any other materialistic item, I usually asked my father to buy it for me. Sometimes he said yes and sometimes no because he had no money. Every time he said no, I always threw a big tantrum because I was so upset that I couldn't get what I wanted and I never took his point of view into consideration. Mindfulness is about paying attention to one's own ongoing experience in a way that allows for openness and flexibility. It also means being fully present and aware during our daily activities. When people are mindful, they are open to new experiences and points of view, able to create new categories for processing information, and they pay attention to the life process of their own lived experience as well as the outcomes or the achievement of objectives. Mindfulness was something I lacked in the past, but now I consider myself very mindful; I always take people's feelings into account when making a decision and I am also now very open and flexible. A situation that was initially difficult for me to handle with ...... middle of paper ...... y emotion. You can’t live your life in “what ifs”; hope gives us courage and faith – the ability to dream and see true happiness. All the theories/concepts discussed in this article have helped change the course of my life in a very positive way. Being mindful has taught me to be more open to new experiences and points of view; being religious has helped me deal with many negative situations in my life; using Fredrickson's destruction hypothesis taught me to think positively in negative situations; having flow taught me to be more focused; having plenty of time taught me to value the most important things in life over money; and having hope keeps my spirits up and prevents me from giving up on my goals. All these concepts/theories are very important for a positive life and they have definitely helped me deal with many situations in a more positive way..