Showing posts with label negativity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label negativity. Show all posts

Sunday, January 9, 2011

What Do You See?

News

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Quote

"Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change."

-Dr. Wayne Dyer

My Thoughts

Sometimes you may find yourself getting caught up in negativity. Once you start focusing on the negative you start to see the world negatively. This creates a cycle that can be difficult to break. For example: Let's suppose that you dislike your job and one day you start complaining about your job. The next thing you know you are complaining about your coworkers and your boss. From there it keeps growing. Then you find yourself complaining about the bus driver, people on the subway, the waitress, the coffee, the food, and on and on it goes.

So what can you do about this? How can you get out of it?

The first thing is you need to become aware of your thoughts. Most people simply don't realize exactly how negative they are. After you become aware of your thoughts, you have the power to change your thinking. You need to start focusing on what is good around you. I recommend finding things that you are grateful for.

Finally, remember you can't always control what situations you find yourself in but you can control your reaction to those situations. You could ask "Why me?" but that probably won't get you very far and will start up the blame cycle. Instead ask yourself "What can I do in this situation?" or "What control do I have?". This will help you start seeing other potential options that you wouldn’t have seen if you kept focusing on the negative.

Have a wonderful week.


Sunday, March 21, 2010

Forgiveness

Quote
"To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover the prisoner was you."
-Lewis B. Smedes

My Thoughts
Forgiveness is perhaps one of the most difficult habits to develop. However, it is absolutely essential to our personal development. All of us have felt that we have been wronged by someone at sometime. But who gets hurt more by holding on to thoughts of anger, revenge, and hatred? Is it the person(s) or is it us?

In order for us to fully grow we have to let go of these past negative emotions. Remember, many of these negative thoughts and feelings come from our perception of things at the time. Also, it is impossible for us to absolutely know what is going on in someone's mind at the time.

I encourage you to think this week about someone you still hold negative feelings towards. Make an honest attempt to forgive them. Once you release these negative feelings you will feel rejuvenated.
I am not suggesting that this is easy, but over time it can be developed into a habit.

If you are having problems with forgiveness, I recommend reading the following books:
Psycho-Cybernetics by Dr. Maxwell Maltz
Building Your Field of Dreams by Mary Morrissey

Until next time....