A recent bad encounter with a person close to my heart has once again revealed the far reaching and devastating results of a negative pattern of thoughts.
My previous blog-and-hub was about encouragement and its ability to ignite and feed a desire in us to accomplish goals despite setbacks.
However, too many people refuse positive reinforcement, while they accept negative encouragement that matches their negative thoughts. Somewhere along the line they have developed a negative pattern of thinking, and like a snowball, the thoughts roll downhill, heading for a fateful halt at the bottom of the hill.
They are totally unable to understand quotes like:
My previous blog-and-hub was about encouragement and its ability to ignite and feed a desire in us to accomplish goals despite setbacks.
However, too many people refuse positive reinforcement, while they accept negative encouragement that matches their negative thoughts. Somewhere along the line they have developed a negative pattern of thinking, and like a snowball, the thoughts roll downhill, heading for a fateful halt at the bottom of the hill.
They are totally unable to understand quotes like:
“A man is but the products of his thoughts; what he thinks, he becomes.” Mahatma Gandi
“It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.” - Robert H. Schuller
“Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results.” - Willie Nelson
A negative encounter with anybody, whether I like/love them or not, makes me feel negative and terribly sad. Fortunately I have learned (the hard way) how to steel myself for negativism.
This time I have blown a bubble – (Click on the link and check it out!)
This time I have blown a bubble – (Click on the link and check it out!)