Maria Semple

Like you've done what you needed to do that day and you're not just disappointed or frustrated.

And so I do think that it's really helpful and it helps me just reframe just things that happen or things I'm going through.

Absolutely.

That's great advice.

Yeah, don't just accept it, but love it.

And the idea is that even negative events, things that you might perceive as being negative, you can use to make yourself a better person.

You can then use that to work on your patience, to work on your courage,

to work on any of the virtues, that everything is fodder for being a better, more resilient person.

That's right.

You have to love it.

Yes.

And there's always so much that's available.

Have you been able to achieve this yourself?

Right.

Well, I'll tell you what—

I can do and it helps because to me, it really engages my imagination.

Yeah.

Is if something doesn't go well and it or, you know, the way I want it to and the way, you know, that I'm hoping it will, I can very quickly get into the mindset of it's not the worst thing in the world.

Like there's a lot of other things I can do.

Right.