“If you’re depressed, you've got to bring yourself back into the lightness to remember why you're here and no matter how many stresses are put on you in a day. I've been really positive lately and I'm becoming a different person. I really like myself this way and I’m happier. I laugh more. I visit with more people and I'm not as hesitant to keep my mouth shut. I open my mouth and I talk. Yesterday, I had a hard day. It's going to happen. My best friend's father passed away on Monday. She's been very not happy. She's not the same religion. She doesn't understand death like I do. Dark can be the trials that are put on us and how we respond and react and instead of saying, ‘It was a bad day’, I'm trying to say, ‘It was a challenging day’, or, ‘It was a learning day’. Today I learned something because I don't want to make it bad. Everyone says ‘bad’. It's not a bad day ever as I see it. Cory [my husband] has always been such a positive force and a positive influence. He's always been even kiltered, but me, I've been up and down.” Why do you choose positivity? “I have to say it, it's North Dakota. The people up here are just so positive. They never complain about anything and if it's a complaint they always say, ‘It's been unfortunate but we've been blessed’. Everyone says that up here. I've been having friends that have actually been going through trials in their life but they don't post negative things, they post positive words. And it's been so then that's why I started by capturing comments and I’m able to read through them, praying. I read the scriptures. That brought me out of a lot of my sadness that I have felt. But looking at the worldly things and getting onto more positive feeds and getting rid of everything negative has helped me turn myself around. And then, I think the older you get the more wisdom you get and those[trials] are trivial things. I wish I would've learned that earlier in life. I think that with getting older, those things don't matter as much.” #sunrisegoal #sunriseinterview #sunrise #auntsareawesome #neverabadday #choosehope #learnfromyourexperiences #choosethelight #wholeheartedliving @love.strong.organization (at Williston, North Dakota) https://www.instagram.com/p/CECRVDGjEot/?igshid=1f8zggnarnu0k
