Positive thinking, which has been a buzz phrase for generations, isn’t just about being an optimist. Nor is it having a selection of random apothegms to quote to oneself and others when life begins to get you down. I just read a note from someone I know who’s wife has left him, children rarely talk to him and he has an alcohol problem. Sometimes positive thinking is just thinking and is no different from negative thinking as long as it is honest. Because the facts of life are our reality and pretending things are different is actually a weakness that can drive you mad.
We interact with each other and the times and nature and most of reality we have no control over. Our greatest fiefdom is our own minds and what marks out how we exist is how we think, not so much even what we think about. The most important thing is never to run because life, like a predatory animal, senses fear. So do other people and many of them take advantage of it.
Don’t ever be frightened of the pain, or of the tears. Remember a lot of what you think is failure is simply not achieving what others think you should. Marriages are neither good nor bad, divorce is neither success nor failure, wealth is not a wise goal.
Mind and always mind, comes first.