With all that is going in the World, and noticing that every single time I turn on the news I am faced with listening to more disturbing, discouraging and simply sad, bad, news - I thought today would be a perfect day to write about something positive and uplifting. So get ready to smile. :)
There have many people throughout the ages who wrote about positive thinking and the effect it can have on your physical well being, as well as your mental health. Honestly, in my studies and research I have found that there is no greater medicine than to feel good about yourself and then to share those happy emotions with others.
Stress is the number one leading cause of illness in today's World. How could it not be? We stress over just about everything - including and almost always things that are way beyond our personal control. Stress prematurely ages people. Stress makes you physically ill, and mentally unhealthy. Politics and World News as of late are extremely stress creating for anyone who takes the time to listen to what is going on in our Country and around the World.
So today I am taking a break from the topsy-turvy, stress filled world of politics and sharing some positive thought that I have learned from studying the quotes and works of others with you.
One of the leaders in positive thinking was Christian D Larson. He is known for writing many positive thinking publications, most famously the Optimists Creed in 1912 - which states that you should promise yourself the following:
To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.
To talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person you meet.
To make all your friends feel that there is something in them.
To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.
To think only of the best, to work only for the best and expect only the best.
To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.
To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.
To wear a cheerful countenance at all times and give every living creature you meet a smile.
To give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others.
To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.
What wonderful words to read to yourself every single day as a way to remember happiness for yourself is a personal choice that you make. I have these words taped to my wall in my office so that I can read them every morning and remember to choose to have a wonderful day and to do all I can to share that joy with other people.
Winston Churchill is quoted as saying "Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." and "I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else."
Vince Lombardi has stated, "If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm."
Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "If we shall take the good we find, asking no questions, we shall have heaping measures."
Hugh Downs has said that, "A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes."
and Norman Vincent Peale has stated that one should, "Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities - always see them, for they're always there."
Choose to be happy today. Choose to think happy today. Choose to refuse to let the stresses of life stand in your way. Make a choice to put a smile on your face and remember that you are worth giving yourself some happy, stress free time. Enjoy the World around you today and everyone and everything in it.
May joyous thoughts flood your day!
Thursday, February 5, 2009
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