Umm...Positive thinking?

[smilingtearz]

Positive thinking...
Do you crib a lot? Or are you thankful for the way life treats you?

I got this on mail, and it touched ... so i felt like sharing it with my friends here,


I am thankful...

1. For the husband who snores all night, because he is at home asleep
with me and not with someone else.



2. For my teenage daughter who is complaining about doing dishes,
because that means she is at home & not on the streets.



3. For the taxes that I pay because it means that I am employed.


4. For the mess to clean after a party because it means that I have
been surrounded by friends.


5. For the clothes that fit a little too snug because it means I have
enough to eat.


6. For my shadow that watches me work because it means I am out in the
sunshine.


7. For a floor that needs mopping, and windows that need cleaning
because it means I have a home.

8. For all the complaining I hear about the government because it
means that we have freedom of speech.


9. For the parking spot I find at the far end of the parking lot
because it means I am capable of walking and that I have been blessed
with
transportation.


10. For the noise I have to bear from my neighbours because it means
that I can hear.

11. For the pile of laundry and ironing because it means I have
clothes to wear.

12. For weariness and aching muscles at the end of the day because it
means I have been capable of working hard.


13. For the alarm that goes off in the early morning hours because it
means that I am still alive.

[emily655321]

That's very beautiful, Eva. :) I'm glad you posted it.

[RococoLocket]

Aww I really like that, thanks for posting it! Now if only my mother would think like that ... *eyeroll*

[Nightshade]

wait!! teenage daughter??
runs off and checks hey eva your only 19!
:eek2:
oh wait I get it its one of those I found it and thought it was nice things:D :blush:

[rachel]

Night don't panic,
she said she got it on email or mail. It is from someone else.
And I think it really helps each day to be thankful for something however small.
thank you little Eva.(still praying about exams)

[smilingtearz]

oh wait I get it its one of those I found it and thought it was nice things

I am thankful for night who understood this... because it means i don't have to explain :D


.(still praying about exams)

Im thankful for rachel who is praying for me, because it means she's working overtime so that i score well ;) :D

thanx rachel...my first exam starts tomorrow...I'll be sure to come back and tell you how it went

[Pensive]

Smilingtearz, very nice. I liked it. hehe

[Scheherazade]

I wonder if one needs something positive in their lives to be able to think positively...

Otherwise, if you are always able to see the 'positive' in things, you are a little like Pollyanna... which is actually a psychological disorder (Pollyanna Syndrome)

[Nightshade]

disorder??
Id think it was a gif ;) :nod:

[Virgil]

I wonder if one needs something positive in their lives to be able to think positively...

Otherwise, if you are always able to see the 'positive' in things, you are a little like Pollyanna... which is actually a psychological disorder (Pollyanna Syndrome)
Are you turning into a curmudgeon too? :D

[Scheherazade]

No idea what 'curmudgeon' means but I am the way I have always been. I think it is good not to overdo anything; be as optimistic and pessimistic as necessary.

If I hadn't been a little pessimistic (it made me study more than usual) and stuck with a Pollyanna-esque attitude, I would have failed my last course, for example. However, being worried about it, I didn't give it up either -thinking I would fail it anyway.

Salt and sugar are both necessary and wonderful flavours... When used at the right place, at the right doses.

Night> I really doubt if forced positive attitude is a gift; one, it does not feel natural, two, it cripples one's ability to be able to see things objectively.

[Logos]

But there is something to be said for the success many people have with cognitive behavioral therapy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_distortion)

If you want to talk `disorders' that don't allow you to live a fairly well-adjusted life, like depression and generalised anxiety disorder. "Pollyanna" could be the other extreme I suppose where you're in denial that sometimes the world is a beautifully ugly place :p

[emily655321]

I think Pollyanna-ish-ness is a good coping strategy, provided you don't lose sight of reality. I actually love that book, I always have, which I suppose is weird for someone as cynical as I am. I guess it depends on how you look at the Pollyanna thing; if you use it to deny that something bad could happen, then you're deluding yourself. But if you use it to be grateful for things you can't change, like a snoring husband or cleaning the house, then I think it's a wonderful thing.

I always think the worst case scenario will happen, and it's very tempting for me to dwell on the bad. But I think self-loathing is actually my motivation to think positively. Every time I get mopey, I think, "You idiot. You're acting like a silly self-absorbed goth child. God, I hate it when you do that. Will you just get the **** up and be grateful what you have?" And then I try to think of Pollyanna things. :D It's become such a habit of mine, that I usually think of the positive before I even become mopey. It doesn't make me less depressed in general, but it helps stave off the really bad spells.

[rachel]

well to my mind I should rather be like Pollyanna and at least gather any blessings however small together like a bouquet or even sort of like a pantry for each day so that I can step back and have some hope as I examine what is there.
Believe me only that way of thinking got me thru this winter.
i don't believe it is a disorder if you remember what you are facing but believe you can make it.

"faith" is the assured expectation of realities though not yet beheld.
I know that when I went for a life or death surgery( I was actually given only a month to live and had to sign my children to others legally in case I did not come thru the operation) they said they did not want(surgeon) to do surgery unless the patient believed they would come thru because a negative feeling could actually cause them to die during the operation. so there must be something to thinking positively.
I am here at any rate

[Nightshade]

pollyanna was a good book wasn't it.
Just David was too, and mary marie --now that did make me cry.
The miss billie books were a laugh and Oh the money! the money was plain fun.
I think I more or less loved all Porter's books though Just david took a while to work its way on to my I liked it list:D