Our thoughts are not simply ethereal pieces of information that enter
our minds and then disappear. The words and ideas that we think can
shape our lives and drive us toward success and happiness or failure and
distress. How you think and feel can have a profound effect on your
ability to recognize opportunity, how well you perform, and the outcome
of the goals that you’ve set for yourself. When you maintain an
optimistic outlook and make an effort to harbor only positive thoughts,
you begin to create the circumstances conducive to you achieving what
you desire. You feel in control and few of life’s challenges seem truly
overwhelming because it is in your nature to expect a positive
conclusion. An optimistic mind is also an honest one. Staying positive
does not mean that you ignore difficulties or disregard limitations.
Instead, it means spending time focusing only on the thoughts that are
conducive to your well-being and progress.
Positive thinking
dramatically increases your chances of success in any endeavor. When
you’re sure that you are worthy and that achievement is within your
grasp, you start to relax and look for solutions rather than dwelling on
problems. You are more likely to imagine positive situations or
outcomes and disregard the thoughts related to giving up, failure, or
roadblocks. What the mind expects, it finds. If you anticipate joy, good
health, happiness, and accomplishment, then you will experience each
one. Thinking positively may sound like a simple shift in attention --
and it is -- but it is a mind-set that must be developed. Whenever a
negative thought enters your mind, try immediately replacing it with a
constructive or optimistic one. With persistence, you can condition your
mind to judge fleeting, self-defeating thoughts as inconsequential and
dismiss them.
It is within your power to become as happy,
content, or successful as you make up your mind to be. Staying positive
may not have an immediate effect on your situation, but it will likely
have a profound and instantaneous effect on your mood and the quality of
your experiences. In order for positive thinking to change your life,
it must become your predominant mind-set. Once you are committed to
embracing positive thinking, you’ll start believing that everything that
you want is within your grasp.(Daily Om)