Hi All -- I've been rereading this thread, because I forgot what my question was when I started it. She said, cackling like an old crone.

I think there's a difference between reframing the negative thoughts we get on a daily (even minute to minute basis) that suck the joy out of our days and reprogramming negative thinking from what I started off trying to ask.

I'm not asking about how to make the day or the moment worthwhile. I'm asking about how one recaptures the blazing passion of youth, where everything seems possible, incredible, new and exciting. Maybe it's just not possible. Perhaps this time of life is about measure and small things. Sigh.