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Maybe you could also do what many people forget to do: slow down.
Take the time to look around you and find things that you appreciate... then go ahead and appreciate them. You might also find a lot of negative things around you. Take the time to think of ways to work with them or eliminate them altogether.
It's amazing what the mind does when you give it time to work. If you truly value your friendships, you mind will tell you so. It might even tell you why you would do such as thing as start smoking. Remove the clutter of distractions and let yourself really think about what's going on around you.
If we would only spend more time living in the moment rather than constantly looking ahead to "the next thing," we might all be just a bit more happy.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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