How do we think positively when things look bad? “When the going gets tough let the tough gets going”. Yes, that is where the positive thinking really comes through. So when things look bad, here are a few suggestions for bringing positive thinking creatively into the situation.
Look for the Advantage: Realize the great truth that to every disadvantage there may be, and usually is, a corresponding advantage. Consider the old truism that behind the darkest clouds, the sun is shining. In the toughest situations, there is always some value that is inherently good. What you deeply think has a strong tendency to produce itself in fact. So always think positively, believingly, expectantly, hopefully.
Turn Impossible into Certainties: The important emphasis when things are not going well isn’t what is happening but your attitude towards what is happening. A friend sent me an sms one day which read: “Attitudes are more important than facts”. At first I doubted the truth of that statement, but it proved itself so many times that I owe much to it as an insight.
Look Up Not Down: I have seen some of my friends who are so much discouraged often say “I have hit bottom and there is no hope”. I have to reply them this: “Congratulations, having hit bottom, you can go no lower; the only direction is up”. Your mind is like an elevator. Always press a positive thought button and move up to a higher floor.
