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  • Positive Thinking

    Posted on June 12, 2010 by in 3 inspiration, 5 life

    I like this kind of positive thinking.

    The nature of life is such, I think, that if you live long enough you will experience both good and bad events. You can’t control all of the externals in your life – you may be able to moderate them, but you can’t control them. One thing you can control is your attitude – your reaction to the things life throws at you.

    I am thinking that I need to get a mirror, and practice shouting to the world and myself how much I like what is around me, in spite of it not being perfect. I like my hair! I don’t know if my cup is half-empty or half-filled, but at least I have a cup! I like my cup!

    And I love how this little girl likes her home. :)

    Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.
    Abraham Lincoln

    Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.
    Norman Vincent Peale

    It isn’t what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.
    Dale Carnegie

    We deem those happy who from the experience of life have learnt to bear its ills without being overcome by them.
    Carl Jung

    My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you’ll be happy; if not, you’ll become a philosopher.
    Socrates

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  1. Joe Sheehan says:

    I posted this comment before but I am not sure it made it through. If so, please feel free to delete the duplicate:

    While I agree there is great power in positive thinking, I also know that pain and suffering are real and nothing to be ashamed of. When I am suffering, whether mentally, emotionally, or physically, I try to accept it for what it is and go with the flow. Afterall, like everything else, it’s temporary. This too shall pass.

  2. Diane says:

    I didn’t see it come through, so thanks for reposting.

    Pain and suffering are real, and shouting at a mirror won’t change that – agreed. Good times are temporary as well, and if you pin where you are internally on external factors you will be in for a roller-coaster ride.

    I find that I have a tendency to board that roller coaster. If I don’t hold myself in check I find that my emotions go all over the place.

    This video posting was not meant to suggest that as a country we are not truly going through a hard time.

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