I love the 180 that happens within this very short question. Asking it shows you something about your friend’s perspective, resilience, and sense of gratitude. I’ve put this question in the “Ask your friend” category but you could ask it of literally anyone and get an interesting response.

As an aside, this question reminds me of 2 things. That 17th century haiku that goes:

Barn’s burnt down —
now
I can see the moon.

And also one of my favorite TED talks of all time about humanity’s “psychological immune system” and what actually makes people happy.

Source: I’m 10% sure that I made this question up and 90% sure that it came from Tim Ferriss’ podcast (I’ll verify later)

Have you asked this question? How did it go? Do you have advice for how best to ask it? PLEASE RATE! AND WRITE A REVIEW (in the comment box below)!