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Positive Thinking Tips for Hard Times
Positive thinking tips are likely the last thing you are thinking about when hard times rear their ugly heads in your life. From personal tragedy or a major illness to loss of a job, financial woes, or something else altogether, when you are going through hard times, you feel like life has completely kicked you until you are down on the ground, and the life kicked you again once more for spite. It’s easy to look around at friends and neighbors whose lives all seem better and happier than yours and to feel jaded, disillusioned, and even jealous.
Yet it is important to remember that you are not the only person in the world going through bad times at that moment in time. Life may be a proverbial marathon, but the path is full of twists, turns, and large hills that take you down and also bring you back up again. Following positive thinking tips is incredibly important when you are down on your luck because your own thoughts can actually help to change your outlook and your luck. You will find that when you think positively, you will have the internal motivation to apply for that one last job that was really a saving grace for you, that your will to put a smile on your face one day when smiling was the last thing you felt like doing actually was a turning point that helped you overcome some of the challenges you faced.
It is important to recognize that positive thinking tips can make you feel uplifted and more energized, and this can translate into other aspects of your life as well. It can make those around you feel better, and it can even change your own life path. It is not easy to smile and think positive thoughts when you are going through tough times, but finding the strength and will to think good thoughts can really change your life and help you out of your tough times.
Carla Kaplan is a writer and researcher on positive thinking tips. Find insight, inspiration, and tips on how to stay positively motivated at this blog: eof737.wordpress.com
Positive Thinking To Beat Hard Times!
Did you ever get some good advice? One bit of advice that I keep coming back to is the thought that I cannot always control situations or other people. The only thing I can control is my own personal reaction to bad situations.
Sometimes we do need help. But many times we really can influence our own moods by the way we think about the negative situations that caused a case of the blues!
Have you ever seen people who have just endured an awful situation? If you turn on the nightly news, stories about people who have lost their homes or been through an illness are common. Some focus on what they have lost, and this is easy to understand. But other people focus on what they did not lose, and they start thinking about a better future.
Imagine two families who lost their homes in a sudden wind storm.
One family is in tears because they lost all of their furniture, family pictures, or other items that will be hard to replace. Since they have lost their homes they have to go live at a community shelter or with family. Their normal life seems to have been destroyed within minutes.
A second family is crying with joy because all of the people in their family are unharmed and safe. This family is just happy that they have found shelter right now. This family is also already trying to figure out how they can recover.
I would not blame the first family, and I would understand that they are probably experiencing a very normal reaction to a trauma. But I would say that the second family is better off. They are thinking about making progress in the future. The second family is not focused on the tragedy they had yesterday.
Hopefully, most of you will not ever lose your homes in a sudden storm. But I am sure that all of us have experienced some setbacks that seemed just awful at the time. This could be a job loss, social snub, illness, or problems with family members. I cannot imagine that anybody ever gets through life without having some bad things happen.
If you can try to focus on the steps you will take to remedy the situation, instead of how awful the setback is, you will do yourself a favor. You will be working toward a better tomorrow. And you will not suffer as much pain today.
You can try to control your own response to help you get through a variety tough situations. Have you gained too much weight, lost your job, or had problems with your spouse or partner? You will make a lot more progress is you can work out a plan to fix some of the problems. You can find some positive steps to take, but sometimes, you will find they are not easy.
Do not be afraid to seek help when you need it. A friend, clergy member, or mental health professional may have answers that you seek.
I have heard the cliche that attitude is everything. I do not believe that a positive attitude can cure everything but without a good mental outlook, it can be hard to survive the most minor setbacks.
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