Opt for Optimism
Research has shown that the majority of illnesses, including backaches, headaches, and even heart disease, can be caused or influenced by our feelings and our stress levels.
When we experience life changes-positive or negative-our bodies need time to recover. If we have an optimistic attitude, it can help speed recover and may even keep you healthier than someone with negative attitudes.
By learning to look on the “bright side” you can help counteract the negative effects of stress and improve your overall health.
Look on the Bright Side
The classic definition of an optimist is a person who sees a glass as half full, while the pessimist sees it as half empty.
Optimists choose to feel hopeful about how they see a situation.
Optimists are positive thinkers who practice positive “self-talk”. Optimists tell themselves, “I can do it. I will do it. ”
Surprisingly, optimism, or positive thinking, can help accomplish a surprising number of personal goals.
How to Become an Optimist
Find a role model. Find someone who seems to make the best of any given situation. Find out how that person maintains that attitude and copy the behavior! Get in the habit of responding in a positive manner. Chances are that this role model, even during difficult times, will get through the circumstance with fewer negative effects.
Practice positive self-talk. Repetition is the mother of all learning, and the only way to change the habit of constant negativity, is by training yourself. Tell yourself positive things for a month. Make that brief commitment and follow through and it can change your life. Leave out of your vocabulary negative words such as “can’t, won’t, or don’t”.
Practice positive affirmations. Affirmations are positive, and motivating statements. Use short “I am” statements: “I am calm and will respond with intellect.” “I am changing to become more positive.” Say the affirmations out loud several times, and then imagine it happening. You are in the process of creating new brain cells that are based on your positive thoughts and affirmations.
No one is optimistic all the time. It just isn’t possible. We are all human. But anyone can learn how to adopt a more positive, healthier attitude. When you practice being an optimist, you’ll be on your way to a happier, healthier body, mind and spirit.
Now take a deep inhalation of oxygen and think, “I am in charge of my attitude and the response to any challenge I may encounter.”
CREATE a wonderful day!
i agree with you , that most of disease are due to stress. Thanks for sharing.