Great article on the power of positive thinking....for all of you optimists.

[clarice]

[link:http://www.journeytoexcellence.org.uk/resourcesandcpd/research/summaries/rspositivethinking.asp|

[Tipperary]

1. I'm going to read the article when I have time.

I believe in the power of positive thinking absolutely.

[clarice]

2. Not many optimists around I guess. pity. nt

[femmocrat]

6. I read it....

I was hoping to read about its effect on health and recovery. It seemed more school-oriented, though. I only found one statement about health, and it wasn't what I was hoping to see:

"An increasing number of health practitioners believe that physical ailments can be better addressed through positive thinking techniques rather than conventional medicine. " (Pretty vague.)

I hope others found some inspiration in it.

Thanks, Clarice.

[clarice]

13. Femm..is this more of what you were looking for?

[link:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/03/optimism-and-health_n_4031688.html|

[femmocrat]

19. Yes! That is a very interesting article. Thanks, clarice!

I guess the old saying, "Laughter is the best medicine" has some truth to it.

It was so kind of you to find it!

[clarice]

22. Completely my pleasure. nt

[pinboy3niner]

8. I'm an optimist second and a procrastinator first

[clarice]

15. Piny.....did you read the terrible pun I posted the other day in the Science forum?nt

[pinboy3niner]

25. I've come up with worse

Somehow, people tend to forget my real groaners.

[clarice]

27. One of the best/worse I ever came up with on the fly was this....

I was in a bar one time, and the 2 guys and one girl next to me started having a conversation about the
whole Mary Joe/ Ted Kennedy thing. Well, the woman was a bit naive/uninformed and the two guys were
having fun telling her these outrageous lies like "It was really Bobby driving the car" blah blah on and on
So I turned to the woman and said, " Honey, those guys are just teasing you, tell those chaps to quit it"

[shenmue]

3. This is good!

[clarice]

14. Thanks Shenmue....I'm glad you liked it. nt

[shenmue]

17. :)

[hibbing]

4. eternal pessimist

Interesting read, I am working on trying to be more positive, but am struggling. Thanks for posting this, I did glean some good things from it (How's that for optimism?)

Peace

[clarice]

18. EXCELLENT !!!! nt

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. It probably won't work.

[clarice]

12. THAT'S the spirit !!! nt

[rurallib]

7. will it help me win the lottery tomorrow?

[pinboy3niner]

9. Magic 8-Ball says...

"I'm optimistic about your chances."

[HEyHEY]

10. Do optimists need to be sold on the power of positive thinking?

Seems like an echo chamber...a really annoying echo chamber.

[clarice]

11. Thanks...I'm glad you were inspired. I'll send you some more. nt

[clarice]

16. Heyhey here's one for you. nt

[link:http://www.trueactivist.com/the-reason-some-people-always-focus-on-the-negative/|

[femmocrat]

20. That is also a very good article!

I have seen negativity passed from one generation to the next.

[clarice]

21. Thanks femm. And I don't mean to sound....

like I'm Miss sunshine all the time because I'm not. But I really do believe that attitude and perception becomes reality.

[hunter]

33. Hello! It's good to see you here.

My favorite annoyance is when optimists tell me that pessimists don't live as long.

The way I see it is the optimists get eaten by the bears, fly into the rocks, or sign up for military service not expecting they'll be used as cannon fodder.

I think people who have learned to live with a pessimistic nature are in some ways stonger than those who are looking for reassurances within the "echo chamber" that their optimism is justified.

[HEyHEY]

35. Ha

I was thinking about you not long ago. For some strange reason I always think of you whenever I hear this song....

True story and I have no idea why.

[Blue_Tires]

23. kicked

[clarice]

24. Thanks BT. nt

[trof]

26. Norman Vincent Peale: "The Power of Positive Thinking"

Peale's works came under criticism from several mental health experts, one of whom directly said Peale was a con man and a fraud.[10] These critics appeared in the early 1950s after the publication of The Power of Positive Thinking.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Vincent_Peale

[clarice]

29. Thanks, but I'm not sure if I buy any of it. nt

[trof]

34. Nor do I.

I think he was a charlatan.
But a very successful one.

[NJCher]

28. Miss Sunshine here

The article quotes my all-time favorite human being, Martin E.P. Seligman. This is what I believe life is all about:

The meaningful life - achieving authentic happiness by pursuing a cause that contributes to the greater good and by committing one’s strengths to it.

Cher

[clarice]

30. Hi Miss Sunshine...lol. That was a great quote. nt

[hunter]

31. Pessimists are frequently the sanest people in the room.

Most everything that is wrong in this society is a consequence of clueless optimism.

I found my own "happy place" in paleotology and evolutionary biology.

In a million years none of this shit will matter. Hell, most things don't last a century.

From my darkest visions everything else looks a lot brighter.

Look! I'm not a homeless off-my-meds feral person today... life is good!

[clarice]

32. Well, I can agree with half of your post anyway. Have a GREAT day. nt

[mackerel]

36. Thanks for the article. I have positive thinking CD's I listen to on my way into

work. Anything to get through the day and do my best.

[clarice]

37. That's awesome Mackerel, May I suggest a book...?

It's not exactly a
positive thinking" book par se, but more about how to take advantage of those random inspirations, and
coincidences that we all have. The book is called "Flow"

[mackerel]

38. How easy is it to read?

[clarice]

39. Very reader friendly. nt