Positive 5

This is a fun game that transforms the most stressful and difficult parts of your lives into exciting opportunities for personal growth; a way to grow in goodwill, generosity, compassion, and wisdom. It was developed for students, but it works for everyone.

Every day we are faced with a number of adversities. Usually we see these as problems. They can cause us enormous stress, grief, frustration, and anxiety. But we can reframe these problems as exciting challenges to be overcome. They can be opportunities to grow.

Imagine that everything that happens to you is a great opportunity to grow as a person. Your problems are actually possibilities. You can reframe everything that happens to you as a thrilling challenge. You want to see how well you can respond to each of these challenges. The better you respond, the more points you get.

For example, let’s say that something happens to you that you normally hate. Perhaps somebody said something rude or insulting to you. Instead of seeing this as a problem, you could reframe this situation as an excellent challenge for you to grow in patience, forgiveness, and compassion. The rude person is actually your benefactor; she gives you the opportunity to develop a stronger character. Perhaps you can respond to her with kindness; you can take the energy that would normally be channeled into hatred and anger, and use it for something positive to resolve the situation.