'Whether you think you can or you can't, you will be right!' Henry Ford
The question about whether people perceive their glass to be half-full or half-empty is a perennial one. Even the eternal idealists will experience times when little is going their way. At those times it is difficult to see any kind of silver lining among the clouds. However, that is precisely the time when we most need to be positive. It is a time when maintaining an attitude that you can and will succeed, and that you can triumph, is important for both your mental and physical wellbeing.
With the global economic downturn and the worst employment rates in a very long time, it comes as no surprise that many are asking what in heaven's name we have to be optimistic about. This is further compounded by the problems of the Middle East that threaten the stability of the whole world and leave many of us asking when, if ever, there might be a resolution. Focussing too much on this can render us weak and defenceless if we choose to be so.
However, that is when we are called upon to be optimistic about our lives. There will be some who will be asking how on earth they can remain positive given that they have lost a job, knowing that they will be too old to be re-employed when and if the economy ever turns around. Those whose superannuation has been dealt a blow, may not be able to see hope in their card deck.
No-one would discount these happenings as being unimportant. Nobody is here to suggest that they don't hurt. However it is vitally important, especially at these times, that people embrace all the positives of their situation. This takes courage.
In recent times I was privy to listen to a motivational speaker called Yossi Ghinsberg, an Israeli, who for twenty-one days was lost in depths of the Amazon Jungle. Throughout those days, even though he knew his chances of being rescued were slim in the extreme, Yossi continued to believe that he would survive. 'Adversity,' he told us, 'is a part of life. Being a victim is a choice'. Even at the seemingly lowest points in our lives, we can make choices. It is at these times that we must take ownership for who we are, where we are, and accept the good and the ugly parts of our dilemma
From then on we can determine who will travel with us in the driver's seat of our lives. Of course we can elect to be pessimistic, but that has a tendency to breed more pessimism. But if we choose optimism we will have with us, some wonderful bedfellows - love, happiness, and gratitude which will help all us make empowered choices, the choices that will enable us to grow and succeed.
This is when the Law of Attraction gets triggered, allowing us to see new possibilities and bold horizons. If you set about thinking that things can and will turn out ok for you, then that is exactly what will happen.
You know, if you think back to some events that have happened in your life, events that at the time seemed catastrophic to you, you will often find that they occurred at a time when you were least happy, when you knew you had some decision to make. The strength to turn that corner, at that time, was absent. But when hardship struck, choice was taken from you. And from that lack of choice came a new beginning. You were challenged to grow.
The reality is, that at the times when we feel that things cannot get worse, that we have reached the nadir in our lives, that the turning point is there, and things do get better.
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