Positive thinking is a practice. Positive thinking is something you memorize over time. Positive thinking is not something that you were born with, it’s something you develop.
You’ve likely heard of positive thinking and probably have read books about the subject. Many believe that positive thinking is something you do on occasion. I often hear people say: “I’m a positive thinker, things will improve I know that.” This is a good start but it’s not enough to create positive results in your life.
Why not?
Because positive thinking is not an mental attitude that you can just turn on when things go wrong.
Positive thinking is not something you do on occasion.
Positive thinking is a practice! That’s right a practice! Positive thinking is something you have to do every day throughout the day. By practicing positive thinking every day you create a state of mind where you are perpetually positive, it becomes a state of being positive. You create a tremendous amount of positive energy that only creates positive situations for you every day.
Doctors now say that having a positive attitude; that is practicing positive thinking every day can improve your health.
In fact, researchers discovered that having an optimistic outlook can do wonders for a patient’s recovery after surgery. They looked at 16-patients over a 30-year period, focusing on their attitudes and recovery after surgery. “In each case the better a patient’s expectations about how they would do after surgery or some health procedure, the better they did,” said author Donald Cole, of the Institute for Work and Health in Toronto.
“The power of positive thinking is real”, said ABCNEWS’ Medical Correspondent Dr. Nancy Snyderman. “This mind-body connection that we have been toying with for the past couple of decades really does have hard science behind it,” Snyderman said. The study looked at patients who had a wide range of conditions from back pain to heart problems. They found that patients who thought they would do well after surgery did do well. Those who thought they wouldn’t do so well didn’t fare well.
So how do you do this? How do you make positive thinking a part of your daily life so that you stop defeating yourself and make your life better?
It’s pretty simple.
First begin by observing yourself. Pay attention to your thoughts. Notice how many are positive and how many are negative. Keep a notepad handy and keep track of the number of positive thoughts that you have and the number of negative thoughts you have. Throughout the day change the negative thoughts to positive thoughts.
The next day observe your thoughts again. This time pay attention to the types of negative thoughts that you’re having. See how they impact your life. Are these negative thoughts a part of reality is that the way life is? For example: if you say you hate your job, do you really hate it? If you say your boss is a pain, is he/she really a pain? If these negative thoughts are a part of your life then you have created your own negative reality.
Every negative belief you have is manifested in your life. These beliefs are based on your thoughts.
Thoughts repeated over and over again become a belief and a belief become reality. Negative thoughts repeated regularly create a negative reality. Positive thoughts create a positive reality.
First you have to chnage your negative thoughts and negative beliefs. Then you can begin creating a positive attitude and ultimately you begin practicing positive thinking every day. In order to get the most out of positive thinking you have to make it a habit of thinking.
So begin by getting rid of those negative thoughts and negative beliefs, which serve you no purpose, except to destroy your life. Then you’ll begin having a positive attitude and start enjoying life again.
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