Surround Yourself With Positive Thoughts!
Positive thinking helps promote well being, happiness, and an overall good mood, but with today’s changing ecomomy, it is sometimes hard to stay positive. The news media is constantly bombarding us with bad news. They are notorious for it, and they do their best to pass along as many negative stories to the general public as they can. From television, newspapers, radio, and the internet, todays technology allows us to access information quickly, and with so much focus on bad news, it is easy to get caught up in it all.
Most people have enough conflict and problems in their own lives to sometimes bring them down. If you top that off with more negative news stories from the media, it is bound to eventually effect your mood. What most people don’t realize is that there is a lot of good news out in the world too. In fact, there are way more good things going on than bad. We just don’t always hear about them. Earlier this year, my husband and myself basically stopped watching the nightly news because we were tired of all of the negativity. Of course from time to time we tune in, but for the most part, we don’t subject ourselves to it. It is much easier to stay positive about work, family, etc., when you aren’t constantly hearing how bad everything is.
To help keep positive, I wanted to pass along a few links to some websites, that I enjoy. They provide positive, inspirational thoughts and stories—Something we can all use more of!
- Ode Magazine: Their print and online publications provide positive news, about people and ideas that are changing our world for the better.
- Think Arete.com: A great website that I came across when I was searching for inspiritational quotes that provides inspiration, wisdom, and philosophy.
- Guideposts: Their magazine and website provides inspiring, uplifting stories about everyday people.
Thanks for reading!
Barb
Posted in Uncategorized on July 21st, 2008 by Barb | |
