Studies show those who remain cheerful and enthusiastic show less cognitive decline in their mid-life and later.

More important is that an attitude of positivity is accretive to our health from the moment we adopt it.

• Eliminating can’t and won’t is the first place to start.
• Balancing a negative thought or bad outcome with something good.
• Cultivate an attitude of never judging yourself in the eyes of people who don’t approve of you but see yourself the way people who like you do.

Some people are raised in negativity but they can change it with a commitment to these three things.

Look up not down, out not in, toward others not away.