Your Thoughts: How To Think Positively

July 21st, 2008         Email This Post Email This Post       Print This Post Print This Post

Happiness is comes from happy thoughts. Remove all sad and negative thoughts, and focus on happy and positive thoughts.

One thought follows the last. We think by associations. If you have a negative thought, the next thought will also be negative. Our brain automatically tunes into thoughts fitting our current emotional state. If you are currently feeling depressed, depressed thoughts will come to mind. If you are happy, happy thoughts will come to mind.

Here are some good ways to start off thinking positively.

  • Feel appreciative and grateful. What do you appreciate in your life? A wonderful family, a rewarding job, amazing friends, great neighbors, a nice home, that you found my website? :) If you appreciate what you have in your life, then you will truly be happy, regardless of how wealthy you are. Try asking 3 people each day what they are grateful for. Just asking makes people think in that direction.
  • Speak joyfully and kindly. People act differently depending on who they around. You will be reserved around a serious person. You will feel relaxed and happy around a joyful person. Be that joyful person! Before you do anything such as washing the dishes, you can say, “I will now joyfully wash this dish.” Say it for each one! It’s a lot of fun in front of a mirror. If you are doing something, then at least enjoy it!
  • What emotional state do you want? Do you want to be enthusiastic now? Or relaxed? Just thinking about the emotional state you want will remind you of memories of that state. You can spontaneously become enthusiastic. The more you practice, the quicker and more intense the states will be. If you were excited right now, how would you act and speak? External actions affect you internally. Being relaxed and happy will help you learn, think creatively, and remember. Everyone has a hard time remembering when they feel stressed.

You can only think one thought at a time. If something happens that gets you down, you don’t need to cheer yourself up - just interrupt the flow of negative thoughts.

  • Focus on the solution. Instead of blaming or complaining about the problem, focus on the solution. When you take responsibility to fix something, that means you think it can be fixed, that you feel empowered . Consider what you want to happen, and work towards that goal.
  • Assume the situation is good in some way. Even if it looks bad, negatively thinking only makes it worse! Think about what you can learn from the event. How can it help you grow as a person? Are there any hidden opportunities? In the long run, is it really so terrible? Have you heard “in the future, you will look back and laugh at this.”? Well, try it right now!
  • If a person does something that seems negative , try to consider it from a positive perspective. Put yourself in their place - what would you want others to think? Don’t judge others negatively, it will start a string of negative thinking.

You can upgrade your thinking. It may take a while, but the time passes anyway. It will really improve your life.
Personally, for the past year I have been very focused on the solution. Asking “what’s the next action?” works wonders.

Go do something “joyfully”! Try it for anything and everything. It’s fun!

 

This post is part of a 5 post series about how your thoughts affect your world. View: one, two, three, four, five.

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