Staying positive doesn’t mean having to be happy all the time, nor does it mean suppressing negative emotions.
Staying positive means accepting how multi-dimensional you are and learning to embrace every emotion that flows through you.
It involves loving every part of yourself and cultivating self-compassion to experience the full spectrum of your emotions authentically, without guilt or shame.
It also means developing the mental agility to persevere through hardships, understanding that tough times don’t last forever, just as the good times.
The goal isn’t to stay positive all the time. The goal is to cultivate self-acceptance and inner peace that enable you to maintain equilibrium whenever life sways from one side of the spectrum to the other.