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An attempt to understand Positive Thinking

The way you think reflects your future. Isn’t that so? But it is also true that what you do, not what you think, portrays your personality. That is also precise. Then how will you justify these two statements facing each other. A debatable issue.

The possible explanation I will try to enlighten is simple. What you think defines your attitude and is the first step towards your purpose. And what you do is the more physical and tangible elucidation.

As we all know, you should have the first step right to make out the further goals. Thinking is that. Thinking positive helps to build an alleviated road for you. But you just can’t think positive. It’s not as simple as that. For some, it maybe but for others, it take efforts.

I derive the reason for this is Past Experiences. I met people whose lives are just fine, happy go lucky. And I met some having terrible experiences with their families, friends or foes. First kind don’t sometimes even think nor have any fear of things, they approach very calmly to any situation and rarely consider any negative thoughts. Even if they do, they are not troubled with it and proceed confidently. The second kind tends to think negatively more often, as they don’t trust themselves or their so called luck.

I also came across a third kind which are very rare. Now this is very esoteric and severe subject to talk about and I can only present credulous views. I saw some people who stopped pre thinking about any of their actions. They just don’t want to bother to think what will happen or what will not. No pre planning, no fear, and a readiness to accept failure. An approach so very different, blunt, numb and emotionless. They don’t expect anything from life. They have a mindset to face any disaster, any fiasco and sometimes they know it’s not going to work. ‘It could have been worse.’ is what they think. This kind of pitiful thinking is all because of Past Experience. Some incident or disaster that changed their lifestyle. Some tragedy that breaks their trust or confidence. They have a thoughtless, cold, valiant and impassive approach towards life. Neither positive, nor negative.

The reason is understood for that kind of posture and it is very psychological. But the hitch is of the people who think only negative without any reason. Everything is just fine and they have to act just as everyone did but instead of doing that, they prefer to jump in the well of worries. They are upset about everything. The calories are unnecessarily burned and the smile is hard to find on the face. And it differs person to person.

We humans are emotional. We respond to any state of affairs in a respective way. But everything has a reason behind it. If you worry, you have to have a considerable reason for that. There is no need to worry about exams, unless you don’t study well. Theirs no reason to worry about any accident, unless you don’t drive well. There is no reason to worry about your progress, unless you don’t try well.

There are problems and there are solutions. We just need to think and find them. I think that you have to be an interested Observer in life to understand and get a superior knowledge. And where there is knowledge, there is confidence which is all we need to think positive. Observe and learn that is what I think we should do.

Nilabh Umredkar
17 June 2008
Id Animation & Arts Studio School