Theme of Discussion Zoom Meeting: Uplifting

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Questions:

When you are feeling down in the dumps, what steps do you find helpful to lift your mood? For the purposes of our discussion, let’s leave out any references to medications, professional therapy, alcohol and the like.
How would you define uplifting in connection with moods?
Has pursuing a hobby been an uplifting addition to your life? What did you find uplifting about it?
Can you name a book or poem that you found especially uplifting? Perhaps you can read the poem to us or a short excerpt from the book.
How might listening to podcasts be uplifting?
How about viewing some uplifting YouTubes? How about YouTubes that make you laugh -- starring animals?
Nature photography? Can photographing nature scenes uplift your mood?
Can participating in a choir help uplift your moods? Would you welcome the chance to join a choir in your religious congregation?
Can viewing art be uplifting? Can you identity uplifting examples of music?
Can you identify any political leaders that you find especially uplifting? What makes them uplifting?
Without specifically identifying this person, tell about someone whose mere presence adds an uplifting beat to social occasions.
Can having a pet be uplifting?
Have you ever had a teacher who was uplifting? What made her/him uplifting?
Try drawing a sketch that you would consider uplifting. Perhaps be willing to show it to our discussion group. Is there one sketch in particular at this link that you find uplifting? Can attempting to create joyful sketches have an uplifting effect on your mood?

Quotations: These quotes may not mention the word uplifting, but they all deal with thoughts that can be uplifting.

“Experience is not what happens to you; it is what you do with what happens to you.” – Aldous Huxley
“Living is the art of getting used to what we didn’t expect.” – Eleanor C. Wood
“Love doesn’t make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.” – Franklin P. Jones
“The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.” – Barack Obama
“If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” – Robert Louis Stevenson
“Aspire to inspire before we expire.” – Eugene Bell Jr.
" A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.'"– David Brinkley
“Never regret a day in your life. Good days give you happiness and bad days give you experience.” – Author Unknown
“Don’t search for the meaning of life. Simply be present for the people you love.” – Maxime Lagacé
“Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.”― Albert Schweitzer
“Change is painful, but nothing is as painful as staying stuck.” – Mandy Hale
“It ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.” – Sylvester Stallone
“Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it.” – Charles Swindoll
“People who wonder whether the glass is half empty or half full miss the point. The glass is refillable.” – Simon Sinek

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