Sunday, December 11, 2011

The Key to Being Positive

As you progress through your daily routines you are surrounded by many different types of people. Some people will try and hold you back or prevent you from getting the life you have chosen, trying to influence you to do what they want. However, for many of the go-getters in life, being positive is quite easy to accomplish. But for the vast majority, positivity is harder to come by and retain.

Overcoming negative thoughts can be an extremely difficult exercise and for some their sole purpose in life is being positive. The work that it takes to achieve this can be very time consuming and, as you begin your quest, because it is entirely different from anything you have ever done before, it may seem impossible but it is not.

Whether you like it or not, your daily life is taken over by routine and it is this routine that enables you to organise and progress to the best of your ability. If a daily self help programme is incorporated into this daily routine therefore becoming a habit, the advantages are monumental and will take you on to the path of being positive.

It must be remembered that the positive person has an inner strength and can overcome any type of adversity. It has been proven that by being positive any adversity can be overcome. The average person, when told that they have a serious illness, will lapse into a negative, depressed state and wait for the illness to take control instead of fighting it.

The positive person will not succumb to any illness and will carry on their lives as normal, refusing to accept that the illness will have any effect on them at all.

This has been proven by many people and, in some cases, those in the public eye have recovered from the likes of cancer to the amazement of those treating them, solely because they were being positive and maintained their faith and determination throughout.

Interestingly, a particular case was brought to my attention where a man needing major surgery was on a trolley waiting to go into the operating theatre. He looked weak and drawn and a friend wanted to have a few words with him before his operation. The sick man told him not to worry; that he would be alright but the look on the surgeon's face told a different story. Amazingly, the man made a full recovery much to the astonishment of those who operated on him and, when interviewed, the leading surgeon stated that it was only his belief and determination that had carried him through. In conclusion, this man proceeded to live a full and purposeful life for another 20 years.

Think about this and you will realise that if the likes of cancer can be overcome in this way what other spectacular achievements can be accomplished? The list is endless but the only person that can find out what can be achieved, is YOU!

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