Do you remember an own emotional positive surprise?
*What was your autonomic response?
*Was there a feeling connected?
*Was there a thought connected?
*Do you recognize that same thought or feeling later in life?
*Are there sensory cues for this experience that remind you?

My own example happened during my A-levels: I had feared the oral exam in German, feeling better equipped when I can do written work. I had surrendered to the skies, the clouds wouldn't care how I did. Then in school on the day of this exam, I got a paper with my topic, I think it was drawn by lot. And it was something I had worked with before and felt well-prepared! I feel how I grinned with my good luck, felt excited, like off the ground and yet grounded, and thought "now I'll talk them out of their suits!" And that I did, I impressed the examiners, and it was a very good exam. It did my belief in my potential well, I sometimes repeated that "surrendering to the skies". I never had that type of exam fear later in life anymore. Telling this makes me smile again and gives me optimism!