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Twelve Ways to Help You Tap Into the Power of Positive Thinking

By Operation Meditation

Positive thinking can have an influence in many different areas, from stress relief to depression prevention, better coping mechanisms to achieving goals, and professional achievements to personal relationships. Thinking positively can help to strengthen the immune system and it has been shown that people who think optimistically generally tend to live longer than their pessimistic peers.

1. Be Aware of Your Thoughts

Try to change the general way in which you think. If a negative thought pops into your head, be aware of it and try to replace the thought with a more positive one.

Positive thinking leads a person to approach a situation differently, more optimistic and less pessimistic. Whilst this does not alter the actual situation, it does impact upon the way people react to that same situation, and frame of mind can affect how quickly a situation improves, or indeed deteriorates.

2. Be Optimistic

Expecting good things to happen can increase the likelihood of that actually happening, whereas those who expect mostly bad things generally attract more negative things.

3. Stop Self-Blaming

Do not blame yourself for every bad thing that happens to you. Many things happen independently of you and are not personally aimed at you. Do not take things too much to heart. Stop asking “Why me?” Try to see positive outcomes and potential opportunities that change can bring.

4. Stop Complaining

Try not to complain about everything that you find annoying, upsetting or irritating.

5. Be Thankful

Be grateful for what you do have in your life rather than lamenting that which you do not. Look for all the things that are good in your life and be thankful for them. Do not focus on the negative things that make you unhappy. Of course, address any negative aspects, but in a way designed to seek change and improvement, rather than self-indulgent wallowing.

6. Adopt a Healthy Lifestyle

Healthier eating along with reducing stimulants, chemicals and depressants that enter your body can lead to a greater sense of well-being which in turn can affect your frame of mind.

Anyone can enhance their natural feel good factor by raising their endorphin levels. An easy way to do this is to do some exercise. This does not have to be lengthy or strenuous to make you start to feel good inside.

7. Smile!

Smile, even if you do not much feel like smiling. Smiling has a positive impact on people around you. This means that they are more likely to react to you in a friendly and pleasant manner, which can then make you feel happier and better about yourself. Also, smiling has been found to be a mood enhancer, due to a natural response that the action triggers in your brain; this therefore is also a way to feel more positive.

8. Control Your Breathing

Focusing on your breathing and taking several deep breaths can help you to stay calmer in tense situations and thus retain more of a positive attitude.

9. Visualize

Set realistic and achievable goals, and believe that you can attain them. Imagine fulfilling your goals and reaching your targets. Visualize these things happening, imagine them happening, do not doubt that they will happen. If you never believe that you can do something, then the chances are that you will never do it.

Some people find that focusing on a happy event can lift their mood and help them to think more positive thoughts.

10. Learn

See setbacks and disappointments as a chance to learn, grow and improve. This will improve your chances of success in the future and make you better equipped to deal with future challenges.

11. Enjoy the Outdoors

Sunshine can have a positive impact on moods and outlooks. Take some time out on a sunny day to take a quick stroll, sit in the sunlight and relax, or maybe even relax with your favorite book.

Nature can assist with feeling good and help you to unlock the power of positive thinking.

12. Meditation

Meditation can help to achieve a more positive outlook. By emptying your mind and entering into a state of calm and peacefulness, focusing on the present moment and paying no thought to anything that has gone before or anything to come, you will feel more relaxed and better equipped mentally and emotionally to cope with many things that life throws at you.

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