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“There is a magnificent, beautiful, wonderful painting in front of you! It is intricate, detailed, a painstaking labor of devotion and love! The colors are like no other, they swim and leap, they trickle and embellish! And yet you choose to fixate your eyes on the small fly which has landed on it! Why do you do such a thing?”
C. JoyBell C.
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We are too often hit with negativity – negative news, negative perspectives – from pessimistic people that it might seem difficult to continue on with a positive attitude.
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At such times the important thing to remember is that our attitude controls our life. But the good news is you control your attitude.
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Attitude creates the way you feel about people and situations. Your actions are a result of your attitude – which in turn creates a reaction from others.
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It is your attitude toward others and the universe that determines the resulting attitude toward you. Have a positive, joyful attitude and you will have positive, joyful results. Put out a bad, negative attitude and you have failed before you begin……..Basically, what you think is you get.
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I know it sounds simple, but, the truth is, it is: Negative attitudes come from thinking negative thoughts over and over until they become part of your subconscious, part of your personality – they become habitual. You may not even realise you have a negative attitude because it is been with you for so long. Once you have a bad attitude, you expect failure and disaster. And that expectation turns you into a magnet for failure and disaster.
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Then it becomes a vicious cycle: You expect the worst, so you get the worst. Your negative beliefs are reinforced. So you expect the worst, and you get the worst.
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It takes work, but creating anything of value takes work. In order to have a new attitude, you have to change your subconscious thinking. How? By analyzing every thought you have until positive thinking becomes habit. You are merely replacing an old habit with a healthy habit, much like replacing smoking with exercise.
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You can not just stop being negative – you need to replace those negative thoughts with positive ones. Some people would say, “But negative situations are a reality. They just show up in everyday life.”
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This is absolutely not true. Situations are a reality, yes. They do show up, yes. But it is your attitude that makes a situation positive or negative. It is time for you to realise that you are in control of how you think and feel – no one else on earth has this power unless you give it away.
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Commit to take control of your attitude, your state of mind, and you take control of your results……starting today.
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”Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.”
Willie Nelson
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