A Diet of Positive Attitude Food
I Eat Happy Food
Hi again. Here are some questions for self–reflection on the subject on: how our happiness can be affected by a diet of negativity.
Are you constantly bombarded by thoughts of negativity? Plagued by feelings of insecurity? Do you see everything in a negative manner? The reason for this lies deep within your heart. You are what you mentally and spiritually eat. If a person drinks alchohol on a daily basis, odds are their body will be affected in some way. They may have liver issues, develop cancer or incur some other type of health problem directly related to the amount of alcohol they have consumed. In the same way, a person who constantly feeds themselves negative thoughts will simply turn into a negative person.
So in keeping with the diet comparison, it may be time to go on a diet…a diet of positive attitude food. You have to literally stop feeding your mind negative things. Ask yourself is this thought negative or positive? What do negative thoughts look like? Well, they start with can’t rather than can, no as opposed to yes, and won’t as opposed to will. This is a simplification of course, as sometimes, we need to feel okay about saying for example, ‘no’, I won’t do this. The challenge is knowing the difference between when saying ‘no’ limits your life in some way, or perhaps puts you in harm’s way.
Many consider the Bible to be perhaps one of the greatest self help book ever written, and it speaks about taking every thought captive. Some meditation practices teaches us to observe our thoughts and then let them pass…like a river flowing by. This can assist us in not getting hung up on our thoughts and become less of a victim and more of a master of our inner thinking. It would be a generalization to state that this is a problem in our society where our thoughts have taken us captive and we have begun to let our thoughts control us, without a lot of research. However, I would hazard a guess that many of us would struggle with the practice of the ‘feeding’ ourselves with a good diet of positive attitude food.
A great way to know what we are negative about is to ask those people who are closest to us and whom you trust to give fair assessments. You can ask your spouse or another person in your life who really knows you how they would rate your attitude on a scale of 1 to 10. 10 being super positive and 1 super negative. Ask this person to be totally honest with you. You will benefit from their honesty even if it causes you pain – we might have a different perception of ourselves. Ask this person what it is that you specifically say that they perceive as negative. Write down what they say and look at the actual words. Now is the time to be honest with yourself. Those words are a reflection of what is inside you. They are who you are.
The great thing is that you can change. It is as simple – and sometimes as hard – as making a choice to do so. You must decide to replace the thoughts of negativity with thoughts of positivity. Decide what words you will change the negative words on your paper to. Once you have done this, make an effort to insert these new positive thoughts in your mind – do this especially before you sleep at night and if you can, first thing in the morning. You will begin to notice a positive change taking place in your life. Your family, friends and co-workers will all notice it as well. They may not know what is different about you. But they will know that you are not the same person that you were (a word of caution however, would be if you find yourself in a position of being victimized by someone. Trying to think positively about abusive treatment by someone, is not going to necessarily change your life for the better. It might help us temporarily cope with it but in the end, such treatment needs to stop if you are ever going to find peace and happiness in your life…get support here as soon as you can).
The items which are causing negativity in your life could very well be the news, movies, constantly replaying tragedy in your mind and the list could go on. These things should be eliminated if you want your new mental health regimen to be a success. The news is very negative and does not help someone who is trying to rid their mind of such thoughts. When you are feeding yourself thoughts of death from a war or gunshot or car accident visually the outcome will be negative. I do believe there is a time to grieve over the death of a loved one. However, if a person constantly replays this negative event in their minds it can lead to depression. The person who has passed away is not coming back and we must close that chapter in our lives and move on to the next chapter. This is a difficult task which can only be done by making a decision to proceed with our own life, no matter how hard this may be (again, getting support for this most difficult time, can be vital in your recovery).
You can do it. You can and will have a positive attitude, if you simply take the steps outlined above. You do not have to be what you were in the past. You can be different in the future. The choice is yours. Change your diet today and you will forever reap the benefits in your life.
All the best
Alan
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