Being a positive person who makes the conscious decision to smile at strangers and be grateful for life every day has made my life so much better. I'm very thankful to be alive and healthy every day.
Funny yet embarrassing story. I moved to Kansas City back in 2004 from Los Angeles. When I would find myself driving through my neighbourhood on the way to work, people I didn't know would smile and wave at me. In my cynical LA brain, I thought what in the hell do these people want from me? It took a few years of this before I came to the conclusion that they wanted to be neighbourly. I have a hard time with change but I find myself doing it to others now, and when I'm visiting LA and do it, people look at me with a stinkeye and I think that used to be me.