Positive Thinking Starts By Embracing Reality True positive thinking doesn’t deny reality or rewrite history to make things seem better than they are. Don’t call a problem an opportunity to give it a nicer spin. Don’t call a nightmare a challenge. These have the opposite effect of what was intended. To fully and completely address what faces you, you have to accurately define what it is you are dealing with. If you minimize or soften the nature of the task before you, you run the risk of not responding to it with a sufficient amount of importance and energy. What’s more, how do you want to feel once you have overcome your adversity? A sense of accomplishment is one of the things that motivates us and builds our confidence to pursue more in life. So what do you want to say about what you just did? I handled an opportunity, or I solved a nasty problem? I dealt with a challenge, or I overcame a nightmare? Which would give you a greater sense of accomplishment? When we soften the words we use to describe a situation, we rob ourselves of the feeling of just how much we have achieved. Everything that happens to us offers lessons that can help us navigate our journey through life. No matter how negative our situation may appear or how bad we are feeling in the moment, recognize that there are wonderful lessons you can extract to give you the wisdom you need to create a better world for yourself and others. Focus on learning all you can from your experiences, and you will find the negative feelings replaced by thoughts about what to do next.
Posted on: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 23:15:39 +0000
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