Benefits of Having a Positive Attitude
Benefits of Having a Positive Attitude
Having a positive attitude is important to interpersonal relationships and it is well encapsulated in the words of John C. Maxwell where he said "People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude.” A positive attitude will certainly take you very far in life and open doors where they seem not to exist.
Focus on everything you can control
It is impossible to have everything under control. You cannot change the things you cannot control. So no matter how much you worry, the result will remain the same. Do not waste your energy and effort on things that you limited or no control over. Try your best to live and enjoy the present, be hopeful for the future and put your mind at rest for tomorrow will take care of itself.
Each and every one of the situations you live, even the worst, teaches you something. To be stronger, to know that in you have tried your best even though it did not come out well. Everything teaches you something, everything influences your action, your response to certain things, and you are the one that will decide what learning to take from that experience. The experiences are actually neutral; you are the one who gives it an emotional interpretation. You are the one who give every situation a meaning. And how you respond to your immediate situations determines the relative outcome for you. You decide what you see how the glass is, half full or half empty?
You may have been wrong once. You may have had hard times; even done things you are not proud of. Yes, it's true, so what? Do not ignore that pain, do not ignore that frustration that you feel towards yourself. The only thing you have to do is acknowledge that things will eventually become better, as it is always darkest before dawn. Stop and ask yourself what and how you can do to improve and get on with it without hesitation. Stop criticizing yourself constantly. Be kind and understanding when you face personal mistakes. Everyone errs, and as you have read before, everything is learned. The only man who is not wrong is the one who never does anything.
Seek support whenever you need it
It is not fair that you suffer in silence. You do not need to confront yourself for the negative situations that may occur to you. Finding support from your family and friends will not only help you cope better with the situation, but your relationships with them will also be strengthened. The simple fact of sharing it will help you, do it and you will see how you feel it.
The only constant in life is change. And like everything else, negative and unpleasant situations also happen. What you should do is to keep all the positive and useful aspects of that unpleasant situation (a lesson learned, a test of your capacity for recovery and adaptation) and know how to face it so that you never forget that even the worst moments also have their end.
Bad experiences are opportunities that life gives us to show us that every day we can improve ourselves and the challenges that we face. Get up. Get dressed and get out there. Show the world that you value your life, and you will fight to squeeze it to the fullest.
Olusegun Falabake
OS/18B/2112
Having a positive attitude is important to interpersonal relationships and it is well encapsulated in the words of John C. Maxwell where he said "People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude.” A positive attitude will certainly take you very far in life and open doors where they seem not to exist.
Focus on everything you can control
It is impossible to have everything under control. You cannot change the things you cannot control. So no matter how much you worry, the result will remain the same. Do not waste your energy and effort on things that you limited or no control over. Try your best to live and enjoy the present, be hopeful for the future and put your mind at rest for tomorrow will take care of itself.
Each and every one of the situations you live, even the worst, teaches you something. To be stronger, to know that in you have tried your best even though it did not come out well. Everything teaches you something, everything influences your action, your response to certain things, and you are the one that will decide what learning to take from that experience. The experiences are actually neutral; you are the one who gives it an emotional interpretation. You are the one who give every situation a meaning. And how you respond to your immediate situations determines the relative outcome for you. You decide what you see how the glass is, half full or half empty?
You may have been wrong once. You may have had hard times; even done things you are not proud of. Yes, it's true, so what? Do not ignore that pain, do not ignore that frustration that you feel towards yourself. The only thing you have to do is acknowledge that things will eventually become better, as it is always darkest before dawn. Stop and ask yourself what and how you can do to improve and get on with it without hesitation. Stop criticizing yourself constantly. Be kind and understanding when you face personal mistakes. Everyone errs, and as you have read before, everything is learned. The only man who is not wrong is the one who never does anything.
Seek support whenever you need it
It is not fair that you suffer in silence. You do not need to confront yourself for the negative situations that may occur to you. Finding support from your family and friends will not only help you cope better with the situation, but your relationships with them will also be strengthened. The simple fact of sharing it will help you, do it and you will see how you feel it.
The only constant in life is change. And like everything else, negative and unpleasant situations also happen. What you should do is to keep all the positive and useful aspects of that unpleasant situation (a lesson learned, a test of your capacity for recovery and adaptation) and know how to face it so that you never forget that even the worst moments also have their end.
Bad experiences are opportunities that life gives us to show us that every day we can improve ourselves and the challenges that we face. Get up. Get dressed and get out there. Show the world that you value your life, and you will fight to squeeze it to the fullest.
Olusegun Falabake
OS/18B/2112
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