To have striven, to have made the effort ...
"To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals - this alone is worth the struggle."
— William Penn
So, I thought about what to add to this particular motivational quote this morning and I came up with this. :)
Positive mental attitude
The philosophy of having a positive mental attitude is the belief that one can increase achievement through optimistic thought processes. Having a vision of good natured change in the mind.
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Changing of one's mind after thinking one particular way all of their lives, seems so daunting. Especially since, we can be prone to backsliding and much like in my post yesterday, you may consider quitting before you succeed.
Because it's not "fast" enough.
Due to mistakes or not having learned how to think things through, what steps to take, or other factors, such as fear of the unknown and the perceived consequences of any one action.
Can you all think of "one" thing that you "decided" that you were going to do?
I mean, REALLY sunk your teeth into and said, "I'M DOING THIS!"
You accomplished it right? Or you're on your way, "regardless" of learning curves and backsliding (perhaps).
You "decide" what you want to do with your life, you decide to start making changes to enhance and/or improve your current situation.
Whether it be your relationship, your job, your environment at home, anything...
Because, the truth is, anything is possible once you "decide" and "put your mind to it".
Now, here is another interesting thing I found this morning. :)
It's called Belief Perseverence.
Belief perseverance is the persistence of one's held beliefs despite evidence to the contrary.
It is a generic term for a variety of beliefs that are unreasonably resistant to change, due in part to the reasoning process carried out by the believer.
(Link for your viewing pleasure: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beli...rseverance )
One of the reasons that thinking more positively is important is simply because we cannot do, have or become something that we do not believe is possible. Right? :)
So if you have some stubborn, deep seeded belief ... that stops you from acheiving what you want, and you keep hitting a brick wall.
It's in those times you're going to have to stop and ask yourselves.
1. Is this true? How much power am I giving this thought process?
2. How is it stopping me from acheiving what I want?
3. Is this "my" belief? Or is it something that I"ve been preconditioned to "accept" about myself which is "not" true.
Number three we can attribute to things we've heard and seen through out our lives. Either from a parent, or friends at school, watching something on TV... and we say or think "Well THAT will never happen to me, and one thought leads to the other and before you know it, you have a "belief" that say ...
Well, that all marriages are bad. You add a healthy dose of divorce rate to that equation and POOF... you've got Belief perseverence. Right?
Because now you have "PROOF" ! Living, breathing, walking, talking statistics as to why marriage is bad. And you're 100% in the right for this belief that all marriages are bad. Have a couple friends get a divorce and POOF! MORE "proof" that your belief is truth.
BUT the "truth" is up to the believer. Right?
So it goes with anything else that you may believe to be true.
All you have to do (and I say this like it's easy right? LOL) is "DECIDE TO BELIEVE" something else, and then find "PROOF" ! Give it merit, find examples, find enough evidence to shake that negative belief "no matter what anyoen else says) and change it.
You can do this, "with anything".
I'm not saying, it'll be easy with everything you come across, what I am saying is if what you're thinking now, is making you miserable or you feel like a failure... quitting now would not be a good idea.
In "any" area of your life. And the simple reason for this is that, You could be "right there" at the tip of success...
And miss it... We wouldn't want that, now would we? :)
Nope!
So. Really. When everything seems against you and emotions cloud your judgment, accepting that this is the situation at hand, then deciding "what" you can do about it, and then "doing" something about it, is going to benefit you.
Do it's what?
1. Decide.
2. Give it merit, find examples.
3. Do your footwork! Learn how to make it happen!
4. It's not a race. You do it, in your own time.
5. See what others around you have tried, learn from what they are doing right :) (well or what's working right?)
But for goodness sake!
"Do not give up"
And if you need support.
Well :) That's what we're all here for right?
Sue T.
"To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals - this alone is worth the struggle."
— William Penn
So, I thought about what to add to this particular motivational quote this morning and I came up with this. :)
Positive mental attitude
The philosophy of having a positive mental attitude is the belief that one can increase achievement through optimistic thought processes. Having a vision of good natured change in the mind.
==
Changing of one's mind after thinking one particular way all of their lives, seems so daunting. Especially since, we can be prone to backsliding and much like in my post yesterday, you may consider quitting before you succeed.
Because it's not "fast" enough.
Due to mistakes or not having learned how to think things through, what steps to take, or other factors, such as fear of the unknown and the perceived consequences of any one action.
Can you all think of "one" thing that you "decided" that you were going to do?
I mean, REALLY sunk your teeth into and said, "I'M DOING THIS!"
You accomplished it right? Or you're on your way, "regardless" of learning curves and backsliding (perhaps).
You "decide" what you want to do with your life, you decide to start making changes to enhance and/or improve your current situation.
Whether it be your relationship, your job, your environment at home, anything...
Because, the truth is, anything is possible once you "decide" and "put your mind to it".
Now, here is another interesting thing I found this morning. :)
It's called Belief Perseverence.
Belief perseverance is the persistence of one's held beliefs despite evidence to the contrary.
It is a generic term for a variety of beliefs that are unreasonably resistant to change, due in part to the reasoning process carried out by the believer.
(Link for your viewing pleasure: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beli...rseverance )
One of the reasons that thinking more positively is important is simply because we cannot do, have or become something that we do not believe is possible. Right? :)
So if you have some stubborn, deep seeded belief ... that stops you from acheiving what you want, and you keep hitting a brick wall.
It's in those times you're going to have to stop and ask yourselves.
1. Is this true? How much power am I giving this thought process?
2. How is it stopping me from acheiving what I want?
3. Is this "my" belief? Or is it something that I"ve been preconditioned to "accept" about myself which is "not" true.
Number three we can attribute to things we've heard and seen through out our lives. Either from a parent, or friends at school, watching something on TV... and we say or think "Well THAT will never happen to me, and one thought leads to the other and before you know it, you have a "belief" that say ...
Well, that all marriages are bad. You add a healthy dose of divorce rate to that equation and POOF... you've got Belief perseverence. Right?
Because now you have "PROOF" ! Living, breathing, walking, talking statistics as to why marriage is bad. And you're 100% in the right for this belief that all marriages are bad. Have a couple friends get a divorce and POOF! MORE "proof" that your belief is truth.
BUT the "truth" is up to the believer. Right?
So it goes with anything else that you may believe to be true.
All you have to do (and I say this like it's easy right? LOL) is "DECIDE TO BELIEVE" something else, and then find "PROOF" ! Give it merit, find examples, find enough evidence to shake that negative belief "no matter what anyoen else says) and change it.
You can do this, "with anything".
I'm not saying, it'll be easy with everything you come across, what I am saying is if what you're thinking now, is making you miserable or you feel like a failure... quitting now would not be a good idea.
In "any" area of your life. And the simple reason for this is that, You could be "right there" at the tip of success...
And miss it... We wouldn't want that, now would we? :)
Nope!
So. Really. When everything seems against you and emotions cloud your judgment, accepting that this is the situation at hand, then deciding "what" you can do about it, and then "doing" something about it, is going to benefit you.
Do it's what?
1. Decide.
2. Give it merit, find examples.
3. Do your footwork! Learn how to make it happen!
4. It's not a race. You do it, in your own time.
5. See what others around you have tried, learn from what they are doing right :) (well or what's working right?)
But for goodness sake!
"Do not give up"
And if you need support.
Well :) That's what we're all here for right?
Sue T.
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