The Power of Positive Thinking: How to do it Right and Get What You Want Out of Life

The Power of Positive Thinking isn’t a myth. It’s a reality that can be learned and perpetuated by anyone who chooses to embrace the concept. The Secret has made the positive thinking concept mainstream, but the Law of Attraction has been around for years. The concept is simple: thoughts are made up of energy and like energy attracts like energy. Positive thoughts attract positive energy in the form of physical realities. Negative thoughts, in turn, attract negative energy in the form of physical realities.

Although the concept of positive energy attracting positive energy seems easy, it does require practice, patience and a little bit of fortitude. You have to learn to be one step ahead of your thoughts. Now, I’ve really thrown you off, right? That’s because humans have a natural thought process. We experience sensory input, then we release that input in the form of thoughts and emotions, words, physical reactions. In other words, we take in certain forms of energy, and we naturally release that energy. You see what I mean, right? Well, when you are trying to attract positive energy, the energy you are releasing needs to be positive.

In order for the energy we are releasing to be positive, we have to think first, or at least catch ourselves early in the thought so that we can ensure we are not allowing negative thoughts to over-ride the positive. Wow! Having to pre-think about our thoughts gets a little deep, doesn’t it? Not really.

Here’s an easy example: Let’s say you are going to get your mail. On your way there, you begin to think about what bills might be in the mailbox. The anxiety begins to build. When the bill anxiety is released into the Universe, you’re setting yourself up to attract negative energy. Start consciously pairing a positive thought with going to the mailbox. Maybe ice cream sundaes or something. Then begin to associate going to the mailbox with that. Get the bill thought out of your mind. It has become a natural part of your thought process in association with going to the mailbox. This is a very simplistic example used just for the purpose of illustrating how to pre-think your thoughts.

Here are some more basic concepts to help speed you on your way to a life filled with positive energy:

• Focus every day on the blessings that you already have and give your thanks repeatedly throughout the day. Write out a list of everything wonderful in your life—cut out each item and tape them places in your house where you will see them often. DO NOT focus on wanting, needing, or wishing for things. For instance, if you think “I need money so I can pay my bills”, you will find yourself continuously needing money to pay your bills, because that is exactly what you put out in the Universe. Don’t wish for good health—tell yourself you are healthy.

• When you feel tension, anxiety, or negative energy, tell yourself you are releasing it. Do not let it develop into a concrete thought or manifest into a physical reaction.
• If you want to be wealthy, imagine yourself wealthy. If you want to be healthy, imagine yourself healthy. Don’t focus on the reasons of why you want to be where you want to be. If you bring the reasons into it, you are bringing in the negative energy. See yourself driving your dream car, see yourself in a huge house. Feel yourself there. Just as you do with your blessings, put pictures of your dream house and your car around the house. Put reminders of health around the house.
• Live your life in every moment. Every moment has something to offer. Don’t lose time and energy wishing you were somewhere else. Appreciate every minute that every day has to offer, and always remember to give thanks.