Positivity: Actions
Every week I conclude with this: Finding positivity is not hard, it just requires action.
Action can take on a number of different meanings in this context. It may not be any kind of physical act, it may be an active change in thought or an active change in feelings.
When I am feeling particularly down, or anxious, or uncertain, I find that I can’t just hope for the best and await something to provide me a mood changer. I have to take action to make change.
Sometimes the action is a change of thoughts. Instead of thinking about things that are making me uncomfortable or that cause me to feel negative, I need to work to think about something else. I might need to turn my thought process towards something positive, something that will build up creativity. Different things will work at different times.
Often a lack of positivity is in the emotions. So it is in my best interest to change my feelings. I have written pretty frequently that we are each more capable of controlling our own emotional states than we allow ourselves to be. So we do not sufficiently empower ourselves by taking ahold of our emotional states and making changes where necessary.
Feeling anxious, feeling sad, feeling frustrated, feeling uncomfortable? It is wholly within our own power to find ways to change how we are feeling. Whether we put on music, focus on a pleasant memory, or employ some form of attitude shifter, we can take action to generate positivity for ourselves.
Of course, this can be literal, too. Go for a walk, get out in the sun or the rain, spend some time with an animal like a cat or dog, change your surroundings to shift to positivity. Literal action can be extremely helpful for developing more positivity in our lives.
Why bother with positivity? Because I am pretty sure most of us want to live in a world of hope, a world of possibilities, a world of good and abundance and people helping each other out. The world of the greedy, the selfish, the destructive and the angry serves no one but a very select few, and we need to work to empower ourselves more than we empower them.
Action can be simple, but it focuses change and as such is an outstanding tool to build more positivity.
Finding positivity is not hard, it just requires action. Knowing that we can take action on multiple levels, we can act to alter our thoughts, feelings and doings to generate more positivity. When we take actions, whether they are physical or otherwise, we consciously choose to seek out more good things for ourselves, and more importantly we empower ourselves. When we feel empowered, we often spread that feeling to others around us, and as such can build more positive feelings. We can use the positive feelings this generates to dissolve negative feelings. When we take away negative feelings, we open up space to let in positive feelings, and that is something we can be grateful for. Gratitude leads to happiness. Happiness is the ultimate positive attitude. Positive attitude begets positive energy, and that is always a good thing.
This is the one hundred twentieth 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.
In relation to Positivity, check out my Five Easy Steps to Change the World for the Better.
