The Power of Positive Thinking
Copyright 2005 Arina Nikitina
Although you can see that the glass is half-empty, you chose to
see it in a positive way. It is still half-full, anyway. The
absence of half of the volume of water didn't even bother you.
What mattered was that it still contains water. If this is how
you answered the question above and how you justified your
answer, then you have a positive way of thinking.
Positive thinking is a way of looking at the brighter side of
life. Everything is good, beautiful, and light. There are no
worries, problems, or fears. In short, all you see and believe
in is, well, positive. I guess that's already the most suitable
word in describing this way of thinking, which is why it is the
term being used.
This kind of thinking is very powerful in that if you think that
you are going to pass an exam, you are going to pass; if you
think that you'll get noticed by your crush, you'll get noticed;
if you think you will get promoted at work, then you'll get
promoted. This is how powerful the mind is, particularly
positive mind. Even the famous Clint Eastwood believes in this
general truth that he quoted, "If you think it's going to rain,
it will."
So, how does the power of positive thinking works? How can it
create reality? Do we only have to think of positive things and
then will it happen right away? That positive thinking really is
powerful may be somehow hard to believe at first, that's why we
may ask certain questions like those above. Because the mind is
working on the information you send it, positive thinking leads
to positive reality. This is how it works. Yes, we do have to
really think of positive things. But it doesn't stop there.
Remember the ever-famous clich