This has made a huge impact on me. As I thought about this simple statement, I began thinking about all the negativity we are bombarded with daily.\u00a0 We are faced with personal. family and relationship challenges all the time. If I see a problem, I immediately want to fix it and move on. Some things cannot be fixed so easily or quickly.<\/p>\n
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We hear negativity on the radio and television\u2026.read about terrible things in the newspapers and online. We see the state of our world\u2019s economy. Up and down our highway, I see many once thriving stores are now out of business. There is pain and heartache\u2026fears and worries abound.<\/p>\n
How can we live positively in these negative surrounding?\u00a0 I believe it is by filling our beings with good things. In spite of our somewhat bleak surroundings, we are a blessed people. Remember there was once a song-I think we sang it as children in church\u2026.that said \u2018count your blessings-name them one by one.\u201d Try it\u2014make a list of your blessings. You just might be surprised at what a blessed person you are!!<\/p>\n
Everything around us in turmoil is bound to have an impact on us and we need to overcome these negative feelings. Begin by listening to positive radio and television. Read books of encouragement. Write down positive statements that you can read aloud. If you are a Christian, take the Bible and find God\u2019s promises. Assemble your own personal arsenal of positive ammunition.<\/p>\n Fill you mind so full of good things that there is an overflowing and no room for the negative. Dr Peale has also stated: \u201cWhenever a negative thought concerning your personal powers comes to mind, deliberately voice a positive thought to cancel it out. \u201c Let\u2019s do it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One day about many years ago, we were working and listening to a recording of Dr Norman Vincent Peale. My mind was more on the work I was doing until a simple statement grabbed my attention. Please know that these are probably not Dr Peale\u2019s exact words, but this is the thought I have remembered … Continue reading Can You Be Positive In A World Full Of Negativity?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[33,32,121,118],"class_list":["post-519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-habits-of-success","tag-happiness-healthandwellness-ultalife","tag-happiness","tag-positive","tag-positivity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":522,"href":"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519\/revisions\/522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"happy\"](\"http:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Happy.jpg\")
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