We all have heard that positive thinking will result in a positive and more fulfilling life.  Positive people are happy people.  They manage stress better, they have better relationships, they are healthier, and they are happier and often more successful in their careers.  This isn’t to say that the only way you’re going to be healthy, happy, and successful is to put a smile on your face.

Everyone experiences bad days every now and then.  No matter how positive you’re as a person, you will have struggles and days where it is difficult to smile and look on the bright side.  The difference between the eternal optimist and the rest of us is that they have developed the ability to refocus their thoughts.  This is known as the art of positive thinking and they have practiced this life skill well.

The Science of Positive Thinking.

You’ve probably heard of the placebo effect.  It is what often happens to people who think that they’re getting medicine that will make them better or make their pain go away when they’re really getting nothing more than a sugar pill.  Scientists have long since attributed this effect to the ability of our mind to deceive us.

However, what scientists have found is actually quite different.  They have found that when a person receives a placebo, the body actually produces chemicals that simulate the same healing as the medicine would have if the person had received the medicine.

What does this mean?  When we convince ourselves that we’re going to get better, that things are going to get better, our bodies respond and actually make us better.  Think of the implications for yourself when you’re ill.  Maybe that’s why people that are always professing their good health are always healthy.

There’s even more good news for optimists too.  Scientists have found that optimists live longer.  Optimists have a 55 percent lower risk of death from all causes and 23 percent lower risk of death from heart failure.

Mastering the skill of positive thinking takes time, practice and patience.  One of the most effective tool you can use to master and refocus your thinking is Affirmation.

Affirmations are positive statements.  You can choose an affirmation to say each morning.  You can choose a statement to repeat to yourself throughout your day or you can post declarations in places where you’re likely to read them frequently.

Potential affirmations include:

• Every day in every way I’m getting better, better and better.
• Everything is coming to me easily and effortlessly.
• Everything I need is already within me.
• I love and appreciate myself just as I am.
• I accept all my feelings as part of myself.
• I love doing my work, and I am richly rewarded creatively and financially.
• I always communicate clearly and effectively.
• I now have enough time, energy, wisdom and money to accomplish all my desires.
• It’s okay for me to have everything I want.

Use the above as a guide to design your own affirmation and practice it everyday.  Practice will make Improvement!

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