Use Positive Thinking In The New Year

“Think positively and masterfully, with confidence and faith, and life becomes more secure, more fraught with action, richer in experience and achievement.” ~Edward Rickenbacker

Believe it or not what a man thinks, he ultimately becomes.  This is what makes the power of positive thinking so important. Positive thinking is a mental attitude that declares to the mind thoughts, words and images that are advantageous to growth, expansion and success. It is a mental attitude that expects good and favorable results. A positive mind anticipates happiness, joy, health and a successful outcome of every situation and action. Whatever the mind expects, it finds.

The benefits of positive thinking and positive attitude are well documented. Researchers of Positive Psychology find that people with positive attitudes are happier, healthier, and live longer than those with negatives attitudes and habitual negative thinking.

If you’re a person whose first thoughts about the meaning of something that’s happened are negative thoughts, be encouraged by the knowledge that the first step toward a positive attitude and positive thinking is to simply think another thought. Thoughts are under your control. Your pessimistic way of thinking is habit; habits can be changed.
Learning to use positive affirmations will help, as will sharpening your awareness to nip negative thinking in the bud before it escalates. Learning to question and re-structure your thinking when it turns negative will help you think positively more often and stay that way.

It is important to note the positive thinking does not mean that you walk around wearing rose colored glasses. The bottom line is that reality happens. However, how you choose to handle it can come from a positive mindset.

As you go forward with this New Year, focus on developing your mind to have a more positive progressive mindset. You can become a better you just by the way you think.