(Who does not want to lead a happy, peaceful and successful life! It is a common human desire to be happy and successful. But are we happy? Many of us would reply ‘No’. In this column, I would regularly share some tips which would help us to lead a happy life. Let’s begin the journey)
No 2: Be positive
Life story: Jonas had problem literally with everyone he
lived with and hardly found anything in life to be grateful. His complaints are
endless. After meeting a few times, one day I had suggested him to spend a day
just being only with positive thoughts. He was not very content with my
proposal but was obliged to give it a try. On the following meeting, I found
him slightly different. His attitude of being distressed replaced with certain calmness.
He smiled at me and said softly, “It worked. I followed your instructions of
being positive. At the beginning it was difficult. But sooner I experienced
inner peace. I began to enjoy other’s company. I took interest to talk to
others and I found even others were interested about me.” I encouraged him to
make it a habit of being positive.
‘Being positive’ is an attitude, an approach to life. It
is an art that can be kept on developing. No one is born with it rather it has
to be cultivated by following some simple principles. First of all, we need to
say good bye to all our negative thoughts or any activity that make us negative.
We may have to discontinue our relationship with negative people. We need to
appreciate the beautiful things that we possess and experience. We can recall
happy memories and achievements of the past. Over all, it comes from our desire
to be happy.
It is true that sometimes our demands are not met, dreams
are not fulfilled, plans are not executed and our proposals are not accepted.
We are misunderstood, wrongly judged and neglected by our near and dear ones. What
do we do then? The simple tip is to be positive. By remaining positive we will
have strength to face any difficulty.
So, let’s make a decision to be positive. It will make
a huge difference in life...
