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They are our Attitudes that bring us to awareness, our Behaviors to prompt us to action and our resulting positive Change. LONDON "DEELISH" CHARLES  not forget, then know that there is a strong possibility that your answer is based on the fact that you understand that it truly depends on how deeply you drink from the cup of kindness that is presented to you as to how you will reflect on the years that have ended. Michele Jones www.sistaskeeper.com Michele “Mikki” Jones is a best-selling And when you cast back your light and begin to recall do so knowing that Life worth living, is Life always worth remembering and no one person or no specific event – good or bad; harmful or not – should ever be fully forgotten because those are the people, those are the moments, that make you who you are. author and motivational speaker.  Michele owns Michele’s Visual Imagination and moderates an online Facebook group Living with Lupus 365.   Michele is author of The Poetry of My Life, Lupus 365-A Journey Thru Life (Journal) and Gathering the Pieces and a co-author in the Amazon #1 Best Selling – Unchain My Legacy.   References: Fredrickson, B. L. (2001). The Role of Positive Emotions in Positive Psychology: The Broaden- and-Build Theory of Positive Emotions. The American Psychologist, 56(3), 218–226. www.thehumanmemory.net www.scotland.org/features/the-history-and- words-of-auld-lang-syne Michele has four adult children and nine grandchildren. Learn more about Michele and the work she does at www.sistaskeeper.com. NOVEMBER 2018 • THRIVE | 13