Want to Be Happy? The Key Ingredient I Got From Maya Angelou (MindBodyGreen Blog)

November 26, 2015Michaela Haas

When I asked the incomparable Maya Angelou the question that has gripped me for years, "How do we manage to triumph over adversities?", Angelou’s advice to me was clear-cut: Develop an attitude of gratitude. "I think we have to be grateful,” she told me in her deep, raspy voice. “You could have died last night, you know.” She laughed.

Rather than reveling in the injustice and brutality that stamped her life, she chose to focus on the achievements. “If I live my life with self-confidence and kindness and don’t get anything back from that, I’m not overcome.”

Here`s how this gratitude practice actually works: My new blog on mindbodygreen