Gorgeous post hun I too get bogged down, particularly in DS who is so difficult and negative, sooky, whiny and defiant right now, so I really try hard to focus on the positive.
Check out a project online called 365grateful - if you google that you should be able to find it. All about a lifechanging experiment a lady went through and now they are making a documentary about it.

Mine for today is: Listening to DD play by herself and chat to herself while we watched a bit of TV before she went to bed and distracting DS' whiny mood by tickling him until he forgot what he was sooking about!