I used to scoff at it... the notion of positive thinking. I have underestimated my thoughts. But after years of being unhappy, frustrated, sad, and easily irritable, I had to ask myself why I was unhappy. Then as I would speak with my coworkers, they would comment how bitter I sounded. When my best friend told me how judgemental I sounded, I knew I had to change something.
It was a relief in a way to discover with my friend that it is really as simple as my thoughts which dictate the quality of my emotional life. As hard as it is sometimes for me to believe, time and again it is proven to me that I have the power to control how I feel about something. We cannot always control what happens to us, but we can always control how we feel about things and how we handle our feelings. It was powerful for me to learn that true power lies in handling things. I don't handle everything as well as I could. I dont' always think positively as I should.
But life is not something we accomplish, it is something we constantly manage and roll with. Life itself is a living thing. It changes as we do. Instead of resisting that, we can look at every change as an opportunity to grow and improve as a person. It is our choice whether or not we let change effect us negatively or positively. That is the power of positive thinking. We are in total control. With our minds focused always on happiness, we can find it everywhere.
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