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Taking the Lemons of Life and Making Lemonade

by: ElliottRoberts
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Even though life may seem to be filled with negative thoughts, the positive thoughts of life are just as easy to conjure up with the right mind set. Negative thoughts are energy drainers that are quick to turn any positive situation into a dread in no time flat.

Like a disease, negative thinking eats away the possibility of positive thinking and the beauty of life in general. For the people who choose to live life in the grasp of negativity, it becomes almost second nature to feel and think negatively. It is ironic, but these people often want to be positive, they have just stopped hoping for the best in life for feat they will achieve the worst.

Many self-help books have aimed their purpose at moving the negative mind from one path of life to another. It is written that negative thoughts bring about negative energy and positive thoughts evoke positive energy. In order to achieve the happiness you want out of life, you need to first take a look at your daily thought processes to see if your fears of failure are what keeps holding you back.

Once a person allows themselves to open up and release those negative thoughts positive thinking is easy. It is often fear, yes fear, that holds us back in the life of positive thinking. When we think positively about situations it often sets the mind up for failure. These failures are more difficult to deal with than the day to day lives of negative thoughts. At least with the negative thoughts, we know what to expect. In order to move from a negative mind set to a positive mind set, all holds on life need to be lifted and confidence in who we are and the abilities we have restored.

Yet another trick to achieving those positive thoughts is confidence. Having confidence in the decisions you make, the achievements both personally and from within your job, the confidence to be all that you can be even if it takes a bit more work than the negative side of life.

A key step to positive thinking is to give thanks for the things already in your life. Take a moment to try this exercise. Sit down with a pen and paper and write at the top of the page, "I am thankful for" and begin listing all the things (no matter how small) for which you are grateful. You list may include: my house, my health, my mother, my son/daughter, my child's sense of humor, my pets, my friends, my intelligence, my car, etc. It does not have to mean that you have a mansion, but you are thankful because at least you have a house. Part of the trick is to even be thankful for the things that are not going the way you wish when you can see how they could be much worse. If you take the time to list every minor detail, you will get tired of writing before you run out of things to write. Another trick is to give thanks for the things that have yet to enter your life. "I am thankful for my dream job as a"

Also, try transferring the energy you spend dreading the inevitable into something more positive. Instead of spending energy on complaining about the fact that you are about to be laid off from the job you hated anyway, put that energy into figuring out how to use this time to create the job you always wanted. We have the power to design our own lives; or if you believe in fate then believe that what has happened has happened for a reason and you only have to look for the positive opportunity that fate is providing.

The next time you have to urge to say something will not happen, swallow that fear and negative expectation then allow yourself to hope that it will happen. You will find that believing in yourself is the key to a more fulfilling life. Increased productivity on the job, a more satisfying relationship, a larger raise or a coveted promotion, a more gratifying social lifeall of these are possible through positive thinking.

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About the Author

The author, Elliott Roberts, is a writer at Becomng, a Personal Development blog, covering topics ranging from How To Become Wealthy to Productivity, and more. Visit Becomng today, and evolve your life!