“Welcome every morning with a smile. Look on the day as another special gift from your creator, another golden opportunity to complete what you were unable to finish yesterday. Be a self-starter. Let your first hour set the theme of success and positive action that is certain to echo through your entire day. Today will never happen again. You were not born to fail.” – Og Mandino
I am starting to renew things in my life and flip negatives into positives. I have read an inspirational book by Norman Vincent Peale called, “The Power of Positive Thinking”. It is a book on believing in yourself, breaking the worry habit, and how the inflow of new thoughts can remake you.
What is being positive?
Being positive is an outlook on life in which thinking daily positive thoughts, and using positive words in daily language become the habit priority and guiding philosophy in one’s life.
What is the power in being positive?
The power of positive thinking is all about how our lives would change for the better, as a consequence of merely changing our thinking
Here’s a list of reasons why we should invoke this positive power in ourselves:
Reduce Stress
Stress feeds on negativity. Stress is a root cause of many ailments. Reducing stress is a good reason to eliminate negativity and stay positive.
By adopting the correct mental attitude, you’ll realize that ease or difficulty in your work depends on how you think about it. If you think work is easy, it tends to become easy. If you think work is hard, it will become hard.
I want to share with you a great technique for developing a peaceful mind; it is the daily practice of silence. Insist upon not less than a quarter of an hour of absolute quiet every 24 hours. Go alone into the quietest place available to you and sit and lie down for 15 min. Do not read, write, or talk to anyone. Throw your mind in neutral and start developing a peaceful mind. For those 15 minutes, keep the mind quiet, and practice peaceful thinking. When one does this, the power to do things becomes easier.
Eliminate Worry
Use positive words and phrases in our internal dialogue with ourselves and others. Doing this will actually reduce feelings of worry. It will also reduce feelings of frustration and disappointment while reducing negative emotions.
Say to yourself, “Worry is just a very bad mental habit.” “And I can change any habit with God’s help.”
Overcome Fear
When you have less fear, this translates to more self-confidence and positive self-esteem.
Fear gnaws at our self-esteem and hurts our self-confidence. Sometimes this fear escalates to anxiety.
Whenever a negative thought concerning your personal power comes to mind, deliberately voice a positive thought to cancel it out.
Souce: The Power of Positive Thinking By Norman Vincent Peale
