I think that most people experience the effects of negative thinking at some point in their lives.  I know that I have felt that way more times than I’d like to admit.  But life, being unpredictable, can throw us into situations that challenge our ability to think clearly, let alone think positively. 

There are always going to be such challenges, but the way we react and what we do after this type of situation presents itself, ultimately will affect our decision-making, either positively or negatively.  How we react is always up to each of us.

All I really know about this is based on my own experiences.  We may think we know how another person feels, but we can only guess.  Unless another person chooses to share their situation, feelings and what happened, I don’t believe it’s anyone else’s business.  

But, if a person decides to trust you with their pain, it is my belief that just being there is the most positive thing one can do.  It is truly an honor for someone to trust you in such a situation.  Listening, without judgment, is a priceless gift that one person can give to another person.

In my daily life, I am usually an optimistic person.  But sometimes I just seem to wake up with a negative disposition.  And even though I recognize when this is happening, it can be very difficult to deal with those feelings. And often, in this situation,  I fail to rise to the occasion.  This probably happens to most of us at one time or another.  But I will never understand why we do these things to ourselves.  One positive thing that any person can do is to come up with a retort to say to oneself when your negative mind talks to you.  It’s a good idea, but I haven’t been able to do it for myself very much.  I need to follow through with this.  Lately,I have been thinking about it, and I have decided that I am going to start writing down encouraging responses to say to myself when I begin to feel this way.  If nothing else, it is a positive thing to do now, even if it doesn’t work later.  Who knows?  It just might help me in the future.  It never hurts to try.  And it might even work.  How’s that for positive thinking?