Tag: Positive thoughts

What Does It Mean To Live An Abundant Life?

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
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What does it really mean to live an abundant life? Is it about you? Is it about how you live your life? What is it really about?

Living an abundant life is about you. It is about how you live your life. It is not about what you have; it is about the feelings you get from what you have. It is not about money; “it’s how you think about money. It’s about how you behave with money.” It is about how you treat yourself. It is about how you treat what you have. It is about how you do your work, not about what you do. It is about love, self-love. Because it is not possible to live an abundant life if you don’t love yourself, if you don’t love who you are.

Living an abundant life is more than material possessions. Regina Brett says, “Living an abundant life doesn’t mean winning the lottery, marrying rich, or getting a raise. It starts with a raise in consciousness and spread from there. It starts with knowing that what you want isn’t always what you need, and often isn’t even what you truly want. It starts with making smart choices that lead to long-term gratification.” If you want to live a great life, you must start with “making smart” decisions.

Why Don’t You Focus On Positive Thoughts?

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
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Emmet Fox said, “You must not under any pretence allow your mind to dwell on any thought that is not positive, constructive, optimistic, kind.” It is hard to do, but you have the power to focus your mind on positive thoughts. It is better than negative thoughts. No matter what is going on in your life, it is going to go away. You can’t stop things from happening. But you can control your own thoughts. You can control what you think about. Remember, you are what you think about. So if you want things to change, you must focus on positive thoughts.

Don’t forget that every thought you think is designing your life, is creating your future. You can create a better future if you focus on positive thoughts, if you focus on what you want for yourself, if you stay creative, if you do not do anything that is against you values, if you respect yourself, and if you do not let anything negative stop you from chasing your dream.

Ask yourself, Is there anything to be gained by thinking negative thoughts? Do not dwell on them. Focus on love. As Emmet Fox put it, “If you could love enough, you could be the most powerful person in the world.” Because love is powerful. Love is life. To drive negative thoughts away from your life, you must commit yourself to your life.