Such an important part of my spiritual foundation, and just living my best life, is being as positive as possible, and I like to say I need to be that glass is half-full type of guy. I need my perspective and perception to always look at things differently than someone that’s a little bit more negative, that doesn’t really appreciate life with a gratitude list like I often live each day.

You know, in life, we’re all surrounded by negative people. You just can’t help it. Family members, loved ones, friends, work colleagues. The bottom line is you got to take them in small doses, just because they will so easily bring you to their way of life rather than you bring them to your positive way of life. And you know, you can learn to love them from a distance, but that’s about it. I don’t know about you guys, but when I walk into a room and somebody greets me like this, that makes me so much happier than somebody with a frown, in a little bit of a mood, and that’s what I’m going to gravitate to.

The things I do to stay in that positive mindset is I make a gratitude list, I pray and I meditate as often as possible when life gets overwhelming, and I surround myself with as many positive people in my life that I possibly can. Because look, those people with the negatives, they will suck the life out of you, and life is not like that for me anymore and it shouldn’t be like that for you. As often as we can, be around positive, uplifting people.

Look, my solution isn’t for everybody, but I truly believe to live your best quality of life, this is the way to be when you want to be positive and centered and spiritual. Be around the most positive group of friends and family members as you can be. Go to officialdarrenprince.com to watch more of these uplifting videos.