Every person has a fundamental choice in life.
You can look at your life and circumstances with a positive outlook or a negative outlook.
Sometimes this is termed wearing rose-colored glasses when we are talking about someone who takes an optimistic view of things.
I'm here to share with you what I use when I am confronted with a difficult juncture in life.
When I have to make that choice, to either be positive or negative about something, I remind myself of this saying that always helps me, and that has helped people I have trained and coached - "Expect the best to happen, and you are on your way toward success.
Don't worry until you have to.
" Have you ever heard of the term 'self-fulfilling prophecy'? I think we all have, yet few people stop to really think about it.
I believe that there is a lot of truth to this term.
When people run around thinking of all of the things that could possibly go wrong about a situation, I think it lends power to these possibilities we don't want to have happen - not a smart choice! If you think about it, we tend to achieve what we concentrate on.
Since that's the case, why would you want to concentrate on things you desperately want to avoid? Instead, be an optimist and head toward success! Please don't misunderstand me, I'm not saying that everything will always work out in every instance.
That's silly and unrealistic.
Still, even in the darkest days we can choose how we respond to our lives and our circumstances.
When you are in a bad place, you can always sit and be miserable and dwell on things - and stay stuck where you are.
Or, you can choose instead to refuse to give up, and you can spend your time and energy figuring out how to get yourself to a better place.
An easy and effective step toward achieving your desired outcome is to focus on what you want to happen instead of what you want to avoid.
Do this, and you are that much closer to getting what you want!