What is Positive Thinking?

A positive thinker is a person that expects good things to happen. They anticipate

happiness, joy, love, success, and pleasure from every action.

When looking to purchase a television a positive person says, “I am happy and grateful

that I found a television that fits my budget.”

A negative person says or thinks, “I can’t afford the television that I really want.”

When a positive person becomes stuck in traffic, they think, “I’ll be late but now I can

use this time to call my friend,” or “I’m sure this will clear up soon.”

A negative person thinks or says, “I don’t want to be late.” Or “Why does this always

happen to me?”

The difference is subtle to our minds but it is powerful and the difference adds up over

time. Consider what an effect of 10 years of negative thoughts can have on your body,

your relationships, and even your financial status.

Conversely, consider how your life might be different if you’d never had a negative

thought. What habits would you have avoided? What would be different? Often times

people pick up negative habits to soothe their negative thoughts. Overeating, for

example, is often linked to depression and unhappiness. If that depression didn’t exist,

the overeating would vanish. There would be no need to console bad feelings with food.

What would your life be like if, starting today, you never had another negative thought?

What would be different? How would your relationships improve? How would your job

change? What would happen if the people around you never had another negative

thought?

Positive thinking and a positive attitude is contagious. Do you ever find yourself feeling

poorly about yourself or about the world after speaking with a negative person? Do you

ever find yourself smiling for no good reason after someone has showed you an

unexpected kindness? Positive and negative emotions are powerful and they are

infectious. Consider how much you could help your loved one’s lives improve simply by

thinking positively yourself.