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Positive Attitude Towards Life

How many times have people asked you, “What do you really want out of life?” And, how many times has your reply been, “I want to be successful in life!” The word success in itself is so powerful and inspiring. Each individual have his or her own definition of success. Scoring 95% on a Math test may be a success to a student. A critical operation carried through successfully, maybe a success to a doctor. A dinner well-cooked and appreciated may be a success to a mother. No matter what your definition of success may be, you are one step closer to achieving your goals only if you have the right attitude. Why is it important to maintain a positive attitude towards life? Here are three reasons why I believe it is crucial for us to remain positive no matter what: 1) Staying positive will help you achieve your goals, 2) Staying positive opens up your heart and your mind to grow from your past mistakes and move on, and 3) Staying positive will help you find real happiness in life.

As I’ve said in my preceding statement, staying positive will help you achieve your goals. Your attitude molds you into the person you are. If you have the right attitude, you can find success in whatever you do. To be successful in life, you must first set your goals. And, you must have a timeframe set up in which time you intend to reach them. Your goals don’t have to be anything extreme. Setting simple, achievable goals are your stairway to your life’s ultimate goal. Each time you reached a goal, you reached a new plateau on your way to fulfilling your life’s dream. And, each dream you reached, gives you an incentive to set newer, bigger goals. Some of the qualities that will greatly help you in achieving your goals include patience, persistence, courage, decisiveness, sense of humor, and doing what you love that is worthy of your time and talent. Now, reach out and see how many of those little dreams you can fulfill. Maybe it’s getting that dream car you’ve always wanted or taking that dream vacation to the Bahamas. No matter what it is, just do it and dream bigger and see how long it will take to achieve them. After all, you only have one life to do what you want to do. So, dream what you want to dream. Go, where you want to go. Be, where you want to be!

While maintaining a positive attitude helps us achieve our goals, it also enables us to learn from our mistakes and move on. When you fall, do you get yourself right back up? Do you learn from your mistakes and move on? Or, do you kick yourself so hard in the butt that you just moped around in your pajamas for days wondering why you’re so miserable. A constant fact of life is that we all make mistakes. What varies, is how we handle those mini-mistakes we make. The more mistakes we make, the more we learn. And the more we learn, the more we grow and the more likely that we’ll become a future bright star in the sky. In his book “The Natural Speaker,” Randy Fujishin encourages us to make mistakes and to forgive ourselves for our mistakes. Fujishin said, “If you don’t make any mistakes, then you are living your life too cautiously and you will never learn the right strategy from the wrong.” Now, go out there and do everything you want to do with your life. You may fail once, or twice, or even ten times, but just always remember, each failure brings you one step closer to a glowing success.

So far, I’ve discussed the two of the three reasons why I believe maintaining a positive attitude helps us achieve our goals and grow from our past mistakes. Now for the third and final reason, positive attitude will help us find real happiness in life. How can one be happy? Is it a tough question? To some, it may be, but definitely not to all of us. Happiness is like a ray of sunlight that keeps us warm and glowing. We can’t live without it. And, if you think that happiness is a word never to be found in your dictionary, well, think again as here are some simple steps on how to live a happy life. First, smile! Is there any easier way out there to find happiness other than smiling? A smile a day, keeps all those nasty feelings away. A smile shows others that you are positive and joyful. And somehow, it brings a glow to you that make you more approachable to others. Second, think positive! If you are just always sad and down thinking you’re always gonna be a born loser, brighten up! Thinking positive is what you have to do to keep those good vibes and happy hormones around you. So, say goodbye to all those pessimistic thoughts! Third, do what you love. Is there any joy doing what we all dislike? Certainly not! Not all of us have the job that allows us to do what we love, but we can still do what we want to do in our spare time. Hobbies for example, is one area where we can find so much joy doing whatever it is we are doing. Therefore, never say that happiness is only a word you can only dream of finding, go be happy and live a life you want!

I have just given you three reasons why we should always maintain a positive attitude towards life. First, maintaining a positive attitude helps us achieve our goals. Second, it enables us to grow from our past mistakes and move on. And third, it helps us find real happiness in life. Before I go, I would like to leave you with one of my favorite sayings of all time: “Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moment that take our breath away.” May we all achieve success and experience real happiness in our lifetime. Keep smiling!

~ by floramemae on March 19, 2011.