positive experiences fill us up, while negative ones wear us down. - Rick Hanson

Through activating the parasympathetic nervous system (PNS), you prevent the stress-response system from reacting to its own reactions. This is one reason why the training for equanimity in contemplative settings involves considerable relaxation and tranquility.

The brain is good at learning from bad experiences, but bad at learning from good ones.

Every time you take in the good, you build a little bit of neural structure. Doing this a few times a day — for months and even years — will gradually change your brain, and how you feel and act, in far-reaching ways.