Positive thinking is not just about slapping a happy face and whistling zippity do dah. Yes, it is all of that but I tell you this spiritual aspect goes much deeper and can effect your mind body spirit perception.
Beyond the Surface
- Studies have shown that thinking positive thoughts is associated with improvements in a large range of health outcomes, such as:
- Better Physical Health: Studies show that optimists enjoy lower rates of heart disease, better immune function and longer life.
- Better Mental Health — Optimistic attitude keeps your away from fear, anxiety and depression. This makes you stronger, and better able to recover from a setback.
- More Success: A positive mindset will enable you to think more creatively, solve problems in a better way and have other boosts of overall performances that can help bring increased success on several fronts.
- Better relationships: Optimistic people have better and more fulfilling relationships than their negative counterpart as it can be contagious.
Cultivating Positive Thinking
Although positive thinking appears to come easy at first glance, like with any other practice it can become second nature if we commit our minds and train them. Here are a few strategies:
- Challenging Negative Thoughts: Be conscious of your negative thought process and go out there to challenge them. Question: Are they really accurate and replace them with more positive, realistic new ones.
- Gratitude Journal: Concentrate on the positive aspects of your life, no matter how small. Here is another way to be thankful for what you already have: try writing it down into a gratitude journal!
- Stay around good people, stay with those who support and uplift you. Avoid Over-Exposure to News and Social Media
- Affirmations: You can boost your self-confidence and develop a positive mindset by repeating positive statements about yourself, or the supportive environment that you wish to have.
- Plan For Positive: Picture yourself succeeding and visualize the good things you will have if this is so. It may simply motivate you and make you believe in yourself.
- Maintain Physical Health: Exercise, proper nutrition and sleep. It translated on your mood and had major implications for you in general.
Positive Thinking in Action
- Take a challenging circumstance, for example. A positive thinker will:
- They will look for more ways to solve the problem instead of crying over spilt milk.
- Hope: They will be optimistic even when times are tough.
- Failure as part of progress: You need to demonstrate that you learn from setbacks; they will treat trials and tribulations with an entirely different light, focused on growth.
Finding Happiness
here are some other basic principles of happy living:
- Forget thinking of yourself and think of others.
- Treat others as you would like to be treated.
- Keep your mind away from worry.
- Take breaks: Schedule time for rest and rejuvenation.
- Practice gratitude: Focus on the positive aspects of your life.
- Cultivate optimism: Believe in your ability to overcome challenges.
- Find your passions: Pursue hobbies and interests that bring you joy.
- Set goals: Having something to work towards can boost your motivation and sense of purpose.
A Lifelong Journey
Mental thinking is not a tick of all problem eradication. It’s something that we always have to work towards in order for it not fade away. However, the rewards are definitely worth it. By choosing positivity, you will unpeel your greatest possibilities and give birth to a life where you are just happier — healthier, yes; more fully alive,…yes!