Is it all its cracked up to be?
Theres been a few people on here...including myself....who have bared there souls, warts 'n' all when they have been going through a bad patch (obviously thinking of Theland at the mo). If "thinking positive" is all that needs to be done...as some new age gurus would have us believe...life would be a sinch. The point Im making is that no matter how much I say that weeds dont grow in my garden, weeds will grow.
Obviously if you can find an alternative to your predicament, you would, but sometimes is life just sh!t and we have to ride it through the best we can?
wizard66 Thurs 03/07/08 20:58
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The power of positive thinking is a wonderful personal tool for realising ambition, achieving goals and coping with life’s trials, tribulations and traumas. For the most part I indulge myself. Every now and again, positivism escapes me and these days are dark days of withdrawal and lethargy.
I am not, and don’t claim to be a sufferer of depression, but I realise that whilst my positive thinking has helped me to achieve and cope with much, to exercise the power and glory of positive thinking you need to be a positive station in your life. For all intents and purposes it generally cannot be forced.
For the power of positive thinking to really work, you need to be feeling positive thoughts in the first place in order to set positive thoughts into actions. As said previously, you can’t just say “think positive” when your mind is not ready to.
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I have suffered from severe depression (and worse) in the past, and I know how difficult it is to overcome. It's pointless to tell someone in that frame of mind to 'pull themselves together'. If they could, they would. However, there is no harm in encouraging someone who is depressed, and who worries themselves sick unnecessarily, to try to see the other side of the coin, to try to put their problems into rational perspective, and to realise that there is light at the end of the tunnel.
Have you been away, Octavius?
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Yes I have. You are very astute (or you just missed me)?!
I don’t see any harm in words of encouragement, but someone feeling trapped in a cycle of negativity will be thankful for the palliative chat, but only once their own mind is teetering towards positivism will feel optimistic. Until that time any aspect of positive thought or optimism is conversely viewed as negative or pessimistic.
Hopefully those kind words help bring someone back to an equilibrium of neutrality so they can bring themselves to the positive way of thinking.
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Astute? Me? Never! I just missed you. ;o)
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Aww, I should have bought back that stick of rock after all.
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