I agree whole-heartedly with this wonderful post from istopforsuffering! Thank you for sharing it.
Russ

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Living with a positive perspective has immense benefits.  You live up to your potential –you develop the capacity to embrace all opportunities with enthusiasm, and you allow the simple things in life to lift you. 

Plus living with positivity allows you to become free to enjoy every day, and every pursuit, even when facing great challenges.

Here are some tips for staying positive:

 

Keep calm and carry on.  Try to practice acceptance: approach each situation with equanimity, and a sense that it is neither good nor bad.  It just “is”.  This way you are not riding a constant roller-coaster of emotions with every event that happens in your life.

Look for the silver lining.  There’s always something positive in every situation.  Sometimes you just have to look for it (sometimes very hard!). 

Watch your language.  Make a conscious effort to only speak in positive terms.  At…

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About russtowne

I'm awed by the beauty of nature and the power of love and gratitude. Some of my favorite sensory experiences include waves crashing on rocky shores, waterways in ancient redwood and fern-filled forests, and rain. My wife and I have been married since 1979. We have 3 adult children and 5 grandchildren. I manage a wealth management firm that I founded in 2003. My Beloved is a Special Education teacher for Kindergartners and First Graders. I'm a published author of approximately 60 books in a variety of genres for grownups and children.
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  1. Jo-Anne's avatar Jo-Anne says:

    Oh how I agree with this: “Watch your language” to me people who use a lot of bad language have a problem with self control I don’t swear very often at all and if I do then everyone knows I am really pissed off…………..lol

    • russtowne's avatar russtowne says:

      I tend to be good about using appropriate words in public but still have more work to undo the habit of sometimes swearing to myself when I’m working alone in my home office.

      Russ

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