Positive Thinking

2005-10-03T08:11:06+02:00

We have to have confidence to do anything. As mature adults we make all kinds of decisions each day, the first being to turn off the alarm and get out of bed. We must have the confidence in ourselves to perform the most basic functions, yet time and time again we fail ourselves because we lack the confidence to follow through with an idea. If I had followed that reasoning you would not be reading this web page.

It took many months of hard work to get my project to this stage of development. The initial rush of enthusiasm, true belief and confidence in my idea and ability, was later to sink to a point of despair. All the hard work seemed to be for no reason and my words lay dormant on my computer. Recently I clicked on the folder in 'my documents' labelled confidence and looked at a file called quotes, and saw this,

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."

Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931)

After all that I had put myself through, I had inadvertently broken the number one rule of positive thought and given in. The number one rule that I now live by that no negative word shall cross my lips and negative thoughts shall be dismissed from my head sooner than they appear. This taught me one lesson; you must at all times fight the habits that have ruled your head, constantly creating a life that is good for yourself and those around you.

The hard work to create a positive confident environment could still be so fragile. But I had a product that could help, with just a little reading to jog my mind back to its forward thinking approach to life I could again polish off my work and help others.

I recently heard a colleague describe herself as thick. How can she do anything with her life with a thought like that rolling around in her head? Statements like this make me so angry. Another asked me if I was always jolly and self assured? My answer was, generally yes, I do have days like everybody when I am not so buoyant but my frame of mind will always be positive. I believe that today is the last day of my life, life is wonderful and I am going to enjoy and live it to the full. If I wake up tomorrow it is a massive bonus and I start all over.

I haven't always been this way; life was not so good three years ago. After a visit to my G.P. I ended up being off work for eight months unable to do anything my confidence level zero. My ability to start any task and follow it through had been totally eroded, and the only help that was offered was anti depressants.

I look back and realise that I was not depressed but emotionally Burnt Out. Life had chucked so much at me. Nobody had taught me how to behave and deal with life when it became oppressive for long periods. Instead of resting and taking control I pushed even harder and eventually my self talk, became so negative that I convinced myself that I couldn't do anything.

Yesterday I read a quote that was new to me

"I missed out on all the opportunities that I never took"
Wayne Gretski Untill next time

Simon Bricknell

www.simonbricknell.co.uk

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