The bright side of life

One very important component of being happy is to always have a positive outlook on life, no matter how hard things are. I myself went through a lot of negative experiences that could of made me take my life but I continue to live with a new perspective. Much like you can’t live a positive life with a negative mind, so you can’t be a happy person with negative thinking and a pessimistic outlook. There’s a very simple reason why. When you’re experiencing negative emotions, your creativity and thinking horizon contracts. You focus all your cognitive power on whining, bitching and feeling sorry for yourself, which a lot of people do and it not helpful. As a consequence, you become blind to opportunities and ideas that would take you a step further. You start blocking yourself and every day, you let negative thinking and emotions cloud your judgment and prevent you from seeing all the opportunities. When you have a negative outlook on life, you simply start lagging behind. There isn’t one single positive thing that can come out of negative thinking. Not for you, not for people around you, not for the society and not for the world. You may be critical in life, you must strive towards progress and fight for the better world, but you can only do that if you focus all your mental energy on solutions rather than problems. Want to be a smarter worker? Deal with your cognitive distortions and negative thinking List down all the opportunities you have, no matter how difficult your situation is. There are always opportunities in your life, you just have to see them. There’s always a step you can make towards a better life. Ask yourself what the optimal thinking is in any difficult situation. List all the ideas for how you could improve the situation, brainstorm for ideas. Stay positive and keep your mind open. Your mind is like a parachute, it only works if it’s open.

Hope this inspired you life life to the fullest. 

Lori from lifesucessnz xx