The importance of being positive every day
A guest post by Nisha
Nisha is the author and editor of https://inspiresn.com , a lifestyle blog that has posts on recipes, photography, inspiration from quotes, and blogging resources. She is a food and photography enthusiast who enjoys blogging, inspirational writing, web designing, and has a background in software engineering as well.
If you knew the tremendous benefits of being positive, you will want to beat negativity hands-down by focusing on the positive side of things. It is easier said than done you may think. Did you know, your response to situations is mostly all that you need to beat negativity? If you are in control of your emotions, feelings, and attitude you are empowered. Being positive not only banishes all your anxieties and fears but also gives you strength and resilience.
Life experiences can be positive or negative, lows and highs are an integral part of your life. As human beings, it is natural to experience varied emotions, to feel sad, resentful, envious, angry, and so on. But as a wise saying goes, “What a good or bad diet does to your body, positive and negative thought does to your mind.” So you need to train your brain to become positive. Just as you persevere and work hard, to learn something new, say a new instrument or hobby, being positive in all situations, does not come overnight! It needs constant practice and is achieved in little steps.
Happiness and Being Positive
Being positive, the first thing that comes to mind is the peace, calm, and happiness that it brings. When you are positive, your outlook towards things is from a perspective that focuses on the good. You are not only mindful of what you speak, think, and do, but also grateful for all that you have, and practice positive affirmations. This makes you less stressed, courageous, and hopeful in a negative or hopeless situation as well. The biggest benefit of being positive is, it keeps you happy, peaceful, and calm. Positivity makes you realize happiness comes from within and that nothing external can make you happy or give true peace. “Happiness is not by chance but by choice” – Jim Rohn
Quality of Life improves with Positivity
When you are happy and at peace, you focus on the list of your goals to achieve. Being away from negativity and being optimistic, you have more energy and are in charge. You are not drained by the fatigue of stress caused by negative emotions. This will help you have the motivation, a clear focus on your purpose and goals in life, and you work hard towards achieving them. You learn new things, broaden your knowledge, and improve yourself. This naturally helps you gain confidence, improve self-esteem, build, and improve relations.
Did you know positive folks are more productive and are able to find problem resolutions efficiently? Being good leaders, they know how to confront obstacles. They have the attitude of “this too shall pass” which helps them in tough situations and not wallow in self-pity or blame others for their miseries. This helps them find better opportunities, be focussed on careers and businesses, earn more, and become financially stable. Being positive hence makes you wealthy as well.“If you are positive you will see opportunities, not obstacles” – Confucius
Enjoy Less Stress and Better Health by Being Positive
Last but not least, you gain a stress-free life. This directly helps you achieve a healthy life. Like this, you naturally give importance to self-care, eat healthy, exercise, keep fit, and make it a priority.
Positive folks also are very generous and help the needy and volunteer for different causes which in turn gives them a lot of satisfaction and happiness. We all know how our mind has a strong effect on our body and health.
Having a positive mind and less stressful life will improve overall health, build stronger immunity, reduce anxiety and depression, and help live longer and better lives. “Your body hears what your mind says. Stay positive” – Unknown
Finally, being positive paves way for a better quality of life, helps gain better opportunities, brings happiness and peace in the long run. So it’s about time to ditch the negativity that pops up from time to time, and take little steps to train and rewire your brain to focus on the positive side of things, however hopeless or negative the situation may seem to be. This will ultimately reward you with unlimited benefits.
