There's a Jewish concept of hakarat hatov -- recognizing the good. Being grateful. Being able to tease out the good from the ugly. Admittedly, I struggle with this. I was born with more negative ions, I think. It may be part of my gene pool or maybe part of my birthright of always being ready for the worst. It's a struggle. I was born and raised as an Orthodox Jew.
Orthodox Judaism is stringent and literal in its interpretation of the Bible which we call "The Written Law". Saturday is a day of rest. The Lord rested from creating the universe and so we avoid any work that day. Not just working in our offices but anything that the sages defined as work. No electricity since turning on an electrical circuit is work. No driving, no coloring, no internet, no phone, no cooking. There's an entire industry of "Sabbath mode" electronics to get around this and still be able to have food and light for those 24 hours.
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