The book titled "Stories That Will Change Your Life" is full of texts that allow you to look at life from a different perspective...
Here is an excellent article about optimism.
* If I can work for hours cleaning my house after a party: I have many friends.
* If I can pay my bills: I have a job.

* If my pants are a little tight: It means I'm not hungry.
* If my shadow is watching me: I see sunlight.
* If I have to walk a long way to school or work: My feet are healthy.
* The man at the station makes a noise with his key

, the baby squeaks: I can hear it.

* If I have to clean the windows or repair the roof: I have a house.
* If my phone bill is high: I can talk.
* If I fight with my brother every day: It means I have a brother.
* If I have a lot of laundry to be ironed and washed: It means I have loads of clothes.
* If my alarm clock rings in the early morning: I am alive.
* If I feel tired in the evening and my legs hurt: I worked hard that day.
* If I get bad grades in my classes: It means I have a school.
* If my mother is scolding and my father is angry: It means I have a family.
* If I feel the pain of my injured foot: It means I am alive.
* If no fish came to my fishing line that day: It means I did not kill any fish.
* And if I look at all these events like this: It means I'm optimistic.