I have never understood where, when, or even how the idea of positive thinking came across my mentality. My background didn't support the concept because had I allowed my early circumstances to dictate to me how I thought, I'd probably be a negative person. Nevertheless, as a kid, I would often find myself filling my mind with thoughts and ideas that would help me to negate the reality that I was experiencing. Some people might call it fantasizing or daydreaming but as I look back I prefer to label it 'survival' because in actuality that was exactly what it had become for me. I've heard it said that whenever people go through traumatic events they often end up suffering from a split personality because they were trying very hard to better deal with what reality had given them. Did I do that? I'm not sure. Maybe I did on some level even though I know of many people that had much greater issues to deal with than I did. I've been told before that positive thinking doesn't work because it often leads a person to more disappointment and false hope but my response to that remark is, "It doesn't hurt." Given the option, I'd choose to maintain a positive outlook about my circumstances rather than to expect the worse.
While I'm thinking about it, I also have to question those that believe that positive thinking sets a person up for failure by asking them if they believe their negative thinking has been instrumental in their being able to overcome disappointment by always expecting the worse. I also wonder if their negative expectations helped in attracting negativity in the first place? Regardless of what we believe here, we do indeed have to choose, positively or negatively, how we think everyday.
Indeed, the choice is ours to decide what we focus on. We don't have to expect the worse if we don't want to. We do need to be aware that we don't always get what we want and that when our expectations are not met to be certain that it is not the end of the world. Just realizing that makes our daily life a little less hectic. So, from this point on, I'll be focusing my thoughts here on the positive.
Please feel free to leave comments. I hope that we can learn some valuable lessons in the process.
While I'm thinking about it, I also have to question those that believe that positive thinking sets a person up for failure by asking them if they believe their negative thinking has been instrumental in their being able to overcome disappointment by always expecting the worse. I also wonder if their negative expectations helped in attracting negativity in the first place? Regardless of what we believe here, we do indeed have to choose, positively or negatively, how we think everyday.
Indeed, the choice is ours to decide what we focus on. We don't have to expect the worse if we don't want to. We do need to be aware that we don't always get what we want and that when our expectations are not met to be certain that it is not the end of the world. Just realizing that makes our daily life a little less hectic. So, from this point on, I'll be focusing my thoughts here on the positive.
Please feel free to leave comments. I hope that we can learn some valuable lessons in the process.
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