Think Positive - Make Life Better !
Is our glass half-full or half-empty? On those days when nothing
in our life seems to be going right, it can be really tough to see the silver liningamong all those clouds. However, it's
during these times when the ability to see the good in even the worst
situations is so important. A positive attitude benefits not only our mental health, but your physical well-being as well.
Helen Keller says,
" When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so
long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us
". This is very true and most of us are victims of this. To make it clear
let me share a simple but good story which I came across reminding us of the
choice we have to think- positive
or negative.
There was once an old lady who cried all the time. Her elder
daughter was married to an umbrella merchant while the younger daughter was the
wife of a noodle vendor. On sunny days, she worried, "Oh no! The weather
is so nice and sunny. No one is going to buy any umbrellas. What will happen if
the shop has to be closed?" These worries made her sad. She just could not
help but cry. When it rained, she would cry for the younger daughter. She
thought, "Oh no! My younger daughter is married to a noodle vendor. You
cannot dry noodles without the sun. Now there will be no noodles to sell. What
should we do?" As a result, the old lady lived in sorrow everyday. Whether
sunny or rainy, she grieved for one of her daughters. Her neighbors could not
console her and jokingly called her "the
crying lady."
One day, she met a monk. He was very curious as to why she was
always crying. She explained the problem to him. The monk smiled kindly and
said, "Sister! You need not worry. I will show you a way to happiness, and
you will need to grieve no more."
The crying lady was very excited. She immediately asked the monk
to show her what to do. The master replied, "It is very simple. You just
need to change your perspective. On sunny days, do not think of your elder
daughter not being able to sell umbrellas but the younger daughter being able
to dry her noodles. With such good strong sunlight, she must be able to make
plenty of noodles and her business must be very good.When it rains, think about the umbrella
store of the elder daughter. With the rain, everyone must be buying umbrellas.
She will sell a lot of umbrellas and her store will prosper."
The old lady saw the
light. She followed the monk’s instruction. After a while, she did not cry
anymore; instead, she was smiling everyday. From that day on she
was known as "the smiling
lady".
The story tells us, we cannot change the things happening around
us but we can change the way we look at it.The choice between positive &
negative thinking is very much within us.We can focus on the positive side of
everything and stop worrying about the negative side of it.
Our minds are an incredibly powerful tool, and as we know, we only use a small portion of it every day. Our thoughts play a significant role in how we view the world, and the positive v/s negative thoughts we carry with us can be the foundation for all sorts of things in our lives, both good and bad.
Our minds are an incredibly powerful tool, and as we know, we only use a small portion of it every day. Our thoughts play a significant role in how we view the world, and the positive v/s negative thoughts we carry with us can be the foundation for all sorts of things in our lives, both good and bad.
But, we know no matter what happens and how good our life seems to
be going, there are going to be times when it seems like everything is going
bad or just not the way that we want it to. In these times, we can choose to
either allow ourselves to feel down and out, or we can decide to overcome any
of these adversities and learn how to look for the opportunity that is being
presented.