Being a positive person means taking responsibility for yourself, for your own life. It means taking responsibility for your actions and feelings. They are yours, and you are the only one who can influence them. It’s no use waiting for the outside world to change, because it won’t. Positive thinking is a way of living the life you have always imagined. In the past you may have seen your world as a place of sadness, madness even. Of a place you have no control over. Being positive gives you control. It gives you the belief that you can actively change your world for the better. The old saying “you are what you think” is very true. If you believe the world is an unsafe place full of bad people- then that’s how it will be. If, on the other hand, you see the world as friendly, loving and full of possibilities, you guessed it- that’s how it will be for you. How you view your world is exactly how it will be mirrored back to you! Positive thinking is not about ignoring the pain and heartache we feel when we have lost someone or something but it’s about embracing all of life’s lessons and growing through them! It’s about choosing thoughts that help you grow mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually. Think about the times you have had limiting beliefs and been proven right! “I never can find anything to fit” “I’m not lucky in love” “Every time I get on this motorway, there’s always a traffic jam” Of course you can’t find the dress or a loved one and perhaps you feel there isn’t enough business, money, time. Of course you always get stuck in traffic. Because you had already set yourself up, EVEN BEFORE YOU LEFT THE HOUSE!!! You are probably not even aware of half the limiting beliefs you have. And I bet you that most of your fears don’t even belong to you. You’ve probably inherited them from others around you. You may well have been dealt a difficult hand. But what matters from this moment on is what you decide to do. Do you give up or do you try to make the most of that hand. Positive thinking is about acknowledging all these fears, seeing them for what they are and choosing a life free of negativity!