Being positive..is just that! One must always use the words that makes one feel good about themselves and life. Just as the story of the train going up a hill. Even though it was a steep hill, the train said to itself: "I think I can, I think I can!" The train knew that the hill was an obstacle but yet how was the train going to know if it would be impossible until the train "psyched" itself to make it up that hill. With positive thinking anything is possible. Once you start saying and thinking positive you will reap the "positive" rewards.

Words that are negative,such as anything that sounds like "NO" one does not want to hear! We you say you can't do something..you're not going to do it because you have nothing to loose. However, if you don't know if you can do something or not at least try. What is the worst that can happen...you try and it didn't work out? At least you can say you tried and it didn't work out. When we have negative thoughts we aren't truly enjoying life!

We can experience alot of negative things and still keep positive. We can't let the negative people or ways ruin our lives. We must think of any situation with a positive outlook. With a positive attitude,you have the courage to overcome any obstacle. When we live with negative "talk" we're not living life to the fullest. We can turn a negative into a positive. For example I was abused and had low self-esteem as a child. I saw a therapist and learned that things weren't my fault and I have a choice to change what happened in my past life. I kept positive and had children and instilled in them theat they could be anything that they wanted to be! However, when I was growing up I was brainwashed into believing that I wouldn't amount to anything, that no one would want me. But I was not going to have my children surrounded with negative thoughts. Because as human beings we are aloud to live our lives to the fullest and to believe in ourselves. When we think positively, we are believing in ourselves and can do anything that we dream or want to be/have.With a positive attitude we will give whatever we have our best effort to succeed and even if we fail at least we can say we tried it and it didn't work out,but always keep the positive thoughts. Even when you think it can't get any worse... IT CAN!

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