In Your First Aid Kit:
Survival Positive Thinking

Tough situations? Emotions running high? Feeling out of hope?

Throughout my life I have experienced different situations of intense painful feelings. I'm talking about those times when you feel you've tried everything, you've done everything to achieve a goal, yet you have failed or you're stuck, and you even feel out of hope, tired and worn out. The goal may be getting a new job, making a relationship work, loosing weight...

How to change these painful feelings when things don't seem to go?

At those times I propose you open your survival positive thinking kit, and think about the following:

• It can't get worst; it can only get better. If you have given up hope and think that it can't get worst, then it follows that it can only get better from where you are.

  Instead of dwelling on how bad your state is, find relief in the fact that it can only get better. You happened to get there for a reason; now you can just learn the lesson and go on.

• You are alive. It is never the end, until you die (and even this is argued depending on different belief systems). You're reading this, therefore you are alive, therefore you are all right. Nothing is ever so drastic, because it's never the end. Besides, you can at any point choose to have a positive life.

  Instead of thinking of your situation as a dead-end one, think it as the beginning of something new, with infinite possibilities. Turn it around, think it different. Watch for the good surprises coming your way.

• A big setback can be telling you that you need a different strategy. Rarely do we question the way we do things, and sometimes our "how to" is just what we need to change to achieve what we want.

  If you are trying to pursue a goal and you don't see things working, you may need to change your tactic. Think about getting what you want in a different way. What other ways to go about it can you think of?

Most of the times we make situations actually worst than they are because we label them as negative without much questioning. Maybe these tips on how to keep a positive attitude can help you have a more positive view on your circumstances.

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