Reflect on the Positive
“Reflect on the positive.”
What does that mean?
Why is it so easy for us to think about everything that is going wrong in our lives compared to the things that are going right?
We spend so much of our time comparing ourselves to other people and thinking about how we wish things would go.
We are constantly thinking about and ruminating upon negativity.
“I wish I had this/that!”
“I need more of this/that!”
“I’ll never make ends meet!”
“I am always sick!”
“Nothing ever goes my way!”
Stop thinking so much about all the things that aren’t going your way; start to refelect on the positives in life.
When you are always focused on the negatives, you neglect to realize just how ungrateful you have become.
Life isn’t sunshine and rainbows all the time, but we have a lot more to be thankful for than we ever verbalize.
Take a moment today to think back and reflect on everything that has gone well with your life.
Be thankful that you don’t have a chronic disease, be thankful for that car you drive, be thankful that you can walk, see, and hear, be thankful for indoor plumbing, be thankful for the job you have (even if you hate it), and be thankful for the countless other things that are going right with your life.
Reflect on the positive more often and you might just find yourself complaining less.
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