The person who looks at the positive side of a situation is happier. This isn't an opinion - IT IS A FACT.
If you want to be happier, try ignoring the negative aspects of things. I'm not saying that you have to put on rose colored glasses and pretend everything is perfect. But ask yourself this, "What benefit am I gaining by focusing on the bad, negative and/or evil side of this?" Really, what good is it doing you? Are you getting richer? Is your health improving? Is it making you younger? Do people like you more because of it? Is is solving any problem? Does it make you smarter? Are you more emotionally stable by negative thoughts? Does it bring your dog back? The answer to these is NO NO NO!
Actually, it is much worse than no. Your dog has still run off and hasn't come back. The stress of negativity affects your health, makes you feel unwell. Negative thinking stops your mind from exploring other ideas and certainly stunts growth of intelligence. Feeling negative makes you grouchy and other people don't enjoy the company of a grump. It could even affect your job performance; your negative attitude could be the reason your don't get that raise.
Now ask yourself this, "What benefit could I get from looking at the positive aspects of this?" By focusing on the good parts of a situation, you open yourself up to emotional and intellectual growth. There are unpleasant things in life, but if you look for good you will learn from your mistakes.
You will not be inhibiting your emotional growth; you wont beat yourself up over something that can't be undone. Looking at the positive side makes you receptive to ideas and thoughts that will solve your problem. By decreasing the stress in your life, you decrease the stress on your body. Decreased stress on your body makes you healthier and BONUS you will have less wrinkles and look younger! Feeling good makes you friendly and approachable, people want to be around you. I'd even bet they will help you find your dog!
Check out this bit of trivia, which just happens to reinforce my point. I Googled synonyms for positive and came up with this list:
~ beneficial
~ helpful
~ affirmative
~ constructive
~ effective
~ good
~ practical
~ productive
~ reasonable
~ useful
~ realistic
~ favorable
~ propitious
I also found antonyms for positive:
~ negative
~ disadvantageous
~ unhelpful
~ counteractive
~ antagonistic
~ perverse
~ injurious
~ discouraging
~ bad
~ weak
~ gloomy
~ pessimistic
~ damaging
Now then, which list do you want to be associated with?
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