~ POSITIVE THINKING ~
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Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.
Zig Ziglar
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I came into Twelve Step meetings after
descending into a well of negative
thinking. It was a vicious cycle, one I
wasn't even aware of for the longest
time. My negative thinking fostered many
resentments, hurts and binges. Once I
became aware of this and started to work
on changing my destructive thinking, I
discovered that letting in just one
negative thought opened the door to more
negative thinking.
Then one day in a meeting I heard a
longtimer say that negative thinking
attracted negative (thinking and
actions) and positive thinking attracted
positive (thinking and actions). That
made sense with what I was experiencing.
As I walked out of that meeting, I
determined that I would do everything I
could to keep all my thoughts positive
in order to attract more positives to my
life.
It worked! The more positive I could
keep my thoughts, the better I felt
about everything, and the more good
things happened to me. My general
attitude soared. When a bad thing
happened (and they do happen) I found
good things about it and focused on the
good. Many many times I discovered that
the "bad" thing had actually been a new
good direction in disguise.
Positive attracts positive. Negative
attracts negative. I'd rather attract
positive.
ONE DAY AT A TIME . . .
I will remember to turn to the program to help maintain my peace and serenity, especially through the bad times.