A Positive Life and a Negative Mind?

I don’t think so. We become what we think, or … we are now what we thought yesteryear. Your thoughts and beliefs drive what you do and what you say. You can’t override, for very long, what is deep inside with anything other than the truth.

We have all been actors in the play of life. We “pretend” we are someone other than who we really are. Most of the time, we don’t have a clue about our pretending, other than the stress the acting creates.

But, eventually we are found out, or hopefully we find the acting first, and then the truth is revealed. We are seeing a lot of this revealing in the financial world today aren’t we? We can “pretend” to ourselves and others that we are positive people with open minds and sincerely believe we are.

Time will show that deep inside, the beliefs and thinking that drive our lives are indeed negative in many ways. We may focus on what is wrong, complain, criticize, or infect others with any number of other negative outputs.

I was in a brainstorming session with leaders that claimed to be positive without question. It was amazing the numbers of “you can’t do that” and “that will never work” “we’ve tried that before” statements. I’m sure I was part of it myself without ever realizing. Hmmm?? We do see others as we are and not as they are. This is getting painful.

My purpose is not to point fingers but to bring awareness to our words and self-talk. Our conversations with others and ourselves are where the truth will lie. Concentrated listening to these conversations is one way we can determine if we are fooling ourselves about being positive. Asking a close friend or spouse is bound to uncover the painful truth.