Secrets of a Positive Attitude
Greetings self help reader,
Are you constantly bombarded by
thoughts of negativity? Plagued by feelings of insecurity? Do you see
everything in a negative manner? The reason for this lies deep within your
heart. You are what you mentally and spiritually eat. If a person drinks alchohol
on a daily basis, odds are their body will be affected in some way. They may
have liver issues, develop cancer or incur some other type of health problem
directly related to the amount of alcohol they have consumed. In the same way,
a person who constantly feeds themselves negative thoughts will simply turn
into a negative person.
This is the time to go on a diet.
A diet of positive attitude food. You have to literally stop feeding your mind
negative things. Ask yourself is this thought negative or positive or negative?
What do negative thoughts look like? Well, they start with can't rather than
can, no as opposed to yes, will and not won't. The Bible which is the greatest
self help book ever written, speaks about taking every thought captive. The problem
in our society has become that our thoughts have taken us captive. We have
begun to let our thoughts control us.
A great way to know what we are
negative about is to ask those people who are closest to us. You can ask your
spouse
or another person in your life
who really knows you how they would rate your attitude on a scale of 1 to 10.
10 being super positive and 1 super negative. Ask this person to be totally
honest with you. You will benefit from their honesty even if it causes you
pain. Ask this person what it is that you specifically say that they perceive
as negative. Write down what they say and look at the actual words. Now is the
time to be honest with yourself. Those words are a reflection of what is inside
you. They are who you are. The great thing is that you can change. It is as
simple as making a choice to do so. You must decide to replace the thoughts of
negativity with thoughts of positivity. Decide what words you will change the
negative words on your paper to. Once you have done this, make an effort to
insert these new positive thoughts in your mind. You will begin to notice a
positive change taking place in your life. Your family, friends and co-workers
will all notice it as well. They may not know what is different about you. But
they will know that you are not the same person that you were.
The items which are causing
negativity in your life could very well be the news, movies, constantly
replaying tragedy in your mind and the list could go on. These things should be
eliminated if you want your new mental health regimen to be a success. The news
is very negative and does not help someone who is trying to rid their mind of
such thoughts. When you are feeding yourself thoughts of death from a war or
gunshot or car accident visually the outcome will be negative. I do believe
there is a time to grieve over the death of a loved one. However, if a person
constantly replays this negative event in their minds it can lead to
depression. The person who has passed away is not coming back and we must close
that chapter in our lives and move on to the next chapter. This is a difficult
task which can only be done by making a decision to proceed with our own life,
no matter how hard this may be.
You can do it. You can and will
have a positive attitude, if you simply take the steps outlined above. You do
not have to be what you were in the past. You can be different in the future.
The choice is yours. I know you will make a positive one.
