Thursday, September 4, 2014

How to Start the New Year With a Positive Attitude: Tips for Baby boomers and Seniors



Are you starting the New Year right? In other words, have you begun the New Year with a positive attitude? If not, why not?

The article, “The Power of Positive Thinking,” by Remez Sasson suggests,  “A positive mind anticipates happiness, joy, health and a successful outcome of every situation and action.”

You have everything to gain and nothing to lose by having a positive outlook on life.

Make a note of exactly how you think and feel, at this moment in time. Maybe your negative attitude and perception about everything and everyone has become a burden that is weighing you down, making you feel that you cannot possibly carry that heavy load for another year. Be aware that you can do something about it.

Consider the following.

You can choose to think positive.

You have the choice of how you choose to think, in a positive way or in a negative manner. Of course, there will always be things that happen in your life that will affect the way that you think, but you can turn the negative into something positive, if you choose to do so. For example, the weather is very cold, but you can choose to see it as a blessing for someone who wants to go skating. Maybe that someone is you. Act on it.

There is empowerment in the positive.

Recognize the reality that there is empowerment in the positive, but that empowerment can quickly disappear if you choose to maintain your negative attitude. For example, look at the positive as being like sunshine on a cloudy, dark day. The positive brightens up everything and lifts what otherwise might be a heavy load for you and others to carry. Bring some sunshine into everyone’s life simply by changing your own attitude and perception.   

Be aware that your positive attitude empowers your emotional, mental, spiritual and physical health to function at its optimum level.   

Ideally, we all seek to be emotionally, mentally, spiritually and physically healthy. Consistently seeking and maintaining a positive attitude about your personal life, family, home, community and the world in the New Year, will make you feel stronger, healthier and happier.  

Watch others begin to reflect your positive attitude.

The positive is highly contagious. Starting the New Year with a positive attitude is the right thing for you to do, because it is vital for everyone’s emotional, mental, spiritual and physical health.  Turning your negatives into positives, as well helping others to do the same right from the start of the New Year, becomes an ongoing challenge throughout the entire year, but one that becomes rewarding when you see it reflected in the lives of others.     

Become known as a positive person, who brings positive and constructive change to others around you. You will be glad that you did.


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