How to make postive feeling grow

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Well I think you can certainly make
a lot of these different feelings

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including optimism grow within a person.

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People have looked at various
simple exercises

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focusing on the loving kindness meditation

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focusing on feelings of gratitude
for example.

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What are we thankful for is
another way of doing it.

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My colleague and I have talked about

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what's called the inner value exercise
where you focus on your inner values

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and it's a little meditative process
where you take a few deep breaths

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and then you ask your self a question.

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What is my inner most value?

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And maybe it's family, maybe
it's respect, maybe it's love,

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and whatever it is.

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And then the question becomes is

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are you using your inner
most value in your life.

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And so if you feel that
respect is your inner most value

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are you respecting yourself?

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Are you respecting your family?

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are respecting the people
who you're interacting with?

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or are you respecting your enemies?

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in such a way that ultimately leads to
a more positive kind of interaction.

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And so, there are a number
of different approaches

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that people have taken.

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And when you start to think
about the brain itself

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I mean we have the structures and
the functions that our brain has.

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How we utilize them is always
a little bit different.

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So if you do loving
kindness meditation

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it changes your brain in one way.

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If you do mindfulness meditation

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changes your brain in a
slightly different way.

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If you do prayer

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changes your brain in a slightly
different way.

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But all of them are involving
in network of structures

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that the more you utilize them

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hopefully in a positive way

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the more those ideas and beliefs become

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the way in which you look
at the world around you.

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And that can be extremely
valuable for you as an individual.

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It's good for you and your
overall mental health

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and well-being
and physical well-being

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but it's also good for the larger
community and society

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and maybe all of humanity
at some point.