“Beautiful”  was the word that I exclaimed the other day when I went for a walk early one morning.   The sun was just coming up and the colours were fantastic and even though I was just by myself, I said out loud ‘Beautiful’.   The other thing I noticed was a smile on my face and though I was not in a bad mood, it lifted me higher still.   I enjoyed the walk and later that day and the following day I remember some stressors and I managed to neutralise them when I went back to

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