Positive Thinking Day: Tips To Help You Create A Positive Outlook

"The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best." Epictetus

10 Tips To Cheer You Up:  1. Use affirmations 2. Set your intention  3. Mindfulness; Be present. 4. Link to think - use Positive Reminders. 5. Have an Attitude of Gratitude 6. Enjoy inspirational and motivational materials; quotes, books, movies, people. 7. Be around Positive people. 8. Show Kindness to self and others  9. Adopt a Spirit of  Faith  in all situations. 10. Smile Often.  A smile is contagious. Positive Thinking Day

Today is Positive Thinking Day and there is no better way to celebrate it than to put on some Happy music, put a big smile on your face, give free hugs liberally and dance the night away. Why not? It's going to be a great day; today, tomorrow and every day we choose to be happy about life and all the good in it. In case you are wondering how PTD came about, you should read Dr. Kirsten Harrell's story. She is the Chief Positive Officer for PTD and initiator of this important idea to designate 24 hours for us to observe and change how we respond to situations in our environment. What does positive thinking mean to you?


"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

 

6 Tips To Help You Along: 1. Don't be a Pollyanna. 2. Practice Awareness  3. Avoid labeling your thoughts  4. Feed your positivity  5. Engage in uplifting conversations with yourself. 6. Surround yourself with positive people. HuffPost 5 Ways To Up Your Joy: 1.  Be aware of your automatic reactions 2. Catch and reframe your thoughts 3. Don't believe everything your mind tells you 4.  Let go of fear  5. Find your mood changers. CNN

According several sources; including the good folk at PositiveThinkingDay, CNN,HuffPost, Examiner, and Reader's Digest, there are many ways to create a positive experience in our daily lives. One thing they all seemed to share is the fact that happiness and being positive is a choice. We can look at difficult situations and find the good in them. We can choose to see the light in a dark tunnel. If we want to maintain an equilibrium of joy in our lives, we have to be proactive in ensuring that we surround ourselves with uplifting people and thoughts. Our mood and perspective can shift if we avoid negativity and practice being aware of positive pick-me-ups.  How does it manifest in your life?
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Grandma: That Special Brand of Love…

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel". -Maya Angelou

Special folk are like Rare flowers flora by E. Guinther

In life, there are always people who make us feel extra special; people who applaud us wholeheartedly and treat us with dignity and respect. I call them angels of light. If you are fortunate to come across such a soul, in your lifetime, honor the gift and thank them with all your heart.

One of MamaKat's Writing Workshop prompts for this week is the Maya Angelou quote above and when I saw it, #4, I was thrilled because I knew that this would be a way to  share part of my paternal Grandma's story and spread some of her light and love...

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Positive Kismet: What Difference Does Our Attitude Make?

"The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude to me is more important than facts... I am convinced that life is 10 percent what happens to me and 90 percent how I react to it. And so it is with you... we are in charge of our attitudes." Victor E. Frankl (Man's Search For Meaning)

Kismet means fate/destiny. Some believe fate is predetermined, others believe that we have a measure of freewill, and there are those souls amongst us who see it as one serendipitous event after another with periodic hurricanes thrown in to keep us humble. Regardless of what we believe, one thing is certain: our attitude accompanies us on every path we travel and serves as judge and jury to our actions; we must choose wisely.

As humans, do we have negative and positive thoughts? Sure do.

Do we have a choice which way our thoughts/actions go? Yes.

Do our thoughts influence our actions/attitude?  You bet.

Does it take great courage to focus on developing a positive attitude? Yep

If we could focus on a preferred way of thinking and acting, which would we choose?

The point is that some associate positive anything with the airy fairy, la-di-da, delude yourself about life set. Having a positive perspective is about courageous, logical, common sense actions that empower and uplift us and others around us – we are powerful beings in a challenged world. Imagine if Edison believed that we were destined to spend the rest of our lives living by candles and oil lamps instead of the bright lights we enjoy in our homes today? Darkness doesn’t have to be a permanent state or condition.