By David Tepera, February 12, 2021
There’s not one of us who hasn’t or doesn’t deal with some form of negativity. It’s all around us, and sometimes, it’s hard to escape, but you have more control than you might think.
Don’t forget, there’s lots of beauty and positive influences that surrounds us as well. You just need to acknowledge them in your life and give it more emphasis.
I’ve spoken to many groups and individuals about understanding what you focus on will become your outcome.
Most people trying to lose weight will focus on “I don’t want to be fat” or “I’m not going to eat fried foods or burgers.” Well guess what? All you will think and focus on is about how fat you are and all the unhealthy foods. Your mind is feeding itself in the wrong direction.
Your focus should be, “I can’t wait to enjoy grilled or baked chicken and fish. It will be delicious, and my body will look and feel better.”
This goes the same for exercise. Don’t dread the workouts. You should train your mind to look forward to it, plus how happy and exciting it will feel. It takes time, but training your mind to focus on positivity and all the goodness that surrounds you is a life changer.
You should be thankful for all that you have, not for all you don’t have. Too many people get caught up thinking about wanting more, but you should focus on how lucky and fortunate you are now.
There has been times throughout my life where there were certain people doing all they can to make my life miserable. It was easy to get caught up in the negativity and wishing bad things against them. But, for me, I felt I was giving them power over me because they were constantly in my head.
It was difficult, but the only way I was to turn my situation around was to pray for them and redirect my mind to all the positive people in my life. It’s kind of strange, but those negative people soon disappeared from my life. They either lost their jobs or went another direction.
Listen, it all comes down to what you want and choose to be in your mind. It can be either negativity or positivity. Just know, the choice is yours, so feed the positivity.