Living with a Positive Attitude

Living with a positive attitude paints the world in bright colors and attracts positive energy.

It’s not so easy to adopt a Pollyanna—only see the positive and refuse to acknowledge the negative—attitude. Some days I feel mean as the Grinch, and it takes real effort to turn my bad mood around. Other days I wake up happy and hopeful.

Honestly, happy and hopeful and looking for the good in every situation the best way to live.

Here’s what you need to do:

• Realize you have the power to bring about positive change in your life.
• Squash negative thoughts like a bug.
• If bad things happen, let them roll off like water on a duck’s back. Turn even the most-sour situation around. Tell yourself, This too shall pass. Look for the good. Choose to be optimistic.
• Make a conscious effort to be grateful—every moment of every single day—for your life, the things in your life, your gifts and talents, and other people.
• Focus on what you have, not on what you want.
• Be inspired by others, but don’t compare yourself to them.
• Accept criticism with grace, but ignore the naysayers.
• See bad things as blessings in disguise.
• See failure as a stepping stone towards success.
• Surround yourself with happy, optimistic people.
• Complain less, smile more.
• Pay it forward. Every day say something nice to a stranger—a sales clerk or bank teller, for instance.

Try it! Put a positive spin on everything today. Glow with optimism and hope. You will love the way it makes you feel!