How Is Positivity Worthwhile?

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Positivity cannot be created by thought alone. Neither can it be forced.

One of the key tenets of the self-help movement has been the numerous concepts presented to us about the “power of positive thinking”. What many take away from this notion is that if you think positive, you will create a better life for yourself.

The problem is, that’s only half the battle, so to speak. It is not just thought, but feeling. If you think positive but don’t feel positive, the end result is not going to be what you desire. What’s more, if you take actions that are lacking in positivity, you still will not achieve the desired end result.

Conscious reality creation requires thought, feeling, and action in order to manifest the life you desire. Since I am pretty certain that most of the realities we wish to create are meant to make us feel good, having a positive attitude is a matter of course.

Why be positive? Look at the world around us. When we are inundated with so much negativity, greed, corruption, sadness, and messages of lack and scarcity. The more we take that into ourselves, the more we feed it. The more we feed it, the larger it gets. Anyone who has experienced the weight loss yo-yo understands how hard it is to shed excess weight as opposed to adding it. Negativity works in the same way.

Using the same analogy, anyone who has dieted knows that if you force the change, while you may get an immediate result, it is seldom lasting. Worse, you may end up with more than you started with. You need to take a broader, more long-term vision to remove excess weight for good. The same is true of removing negativity.

Positivity is a choice

Like making healthy choices in our diet and exercise to regulate weight, we need to make healthy choices in consuming positive over negative things. One way to do this is to be aware of the media we consume, be conscious of the attitudes of the people we keep company with.

But most important of all, we need to know our own feelings. If we are not feeling positive, we will certainly have a difficult time thinking and acting positively. If we are not mindful of our thoughts and feelings, our subconscious will be running the show. This can get particularly problematic, in especial if we are bathing in a sea of negative outside influences.

It is also important to recognize that no outside influence will grant us positivity – to find it, we have to reach within ourselves, and when we can do that we can share it, and draw more of it to us. There are influences outside of ourselves that will make us feel good, but it is up to each of us to hold onto that feeling to actively create positivity.

Is it worth it? Is the effort to feel, think and act positive really worth all the effort it can take? Yes. Why? Because I don’t know anybody that wants to feel depressed, sad, lonely, or just plain negative consciously.

I know how I prefer to feel. So before you share that meme about the latest awfulness in the world, why not share something positive?

Finding positivity is not hard, but it does require action.

Knowing why it is better to live positively over negatively, we can see the value of expending the effort to improve our lives. When we know that we can treat positivity like we treat our dietary needs, we can choose a more positive diet, which can help to dissolve negative feelings – which ultimately allows us to empower ourselves. When we feel empowered, we become more aware and mindful, and tend to spread that feeling to others around us. As such, we can build more positive feelings.

We can use the positive feelings this generates to dissolve negative feelings. When we eradicate negative feelings, we open up space to let in more positive feelings, and that is something we can be grateful for.

Gratitude leads to happiness. Happiness is the ultimate positive attitude. An attitude of gratitude is a positive attitude that begets even more good energies, and that is always worthwhile.

This is the two-hundred and sixty-third entry of my Positivity series. It is my hope these weekly messages might help spread positive energies for everyone. Feel free to share, re-blog and spread the positivity.

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