It's all in the way you look at a situation! Two young ladies, one named "Jane" and the other "Sally," are each traveling down a different street when their cars have a flat tire. Jane's reaction is to get so upset that tears run freely. It's obvious that her blood pressure has increased by leaps. Her mind is over-whelmed with the situation's negativity. A flurry of defeated thoughts rush in, such as:
- I am absolutely finished now!
- My day is totally ruined!
- I'll never get out of this predicament!
- I've never had it so bad!
- This is the worst thing that's ever happened to me!
Notice all the energy being absorbed by the overly exaggerated and negative thoughts. Jane's energy is dwindling fast as she struggles against these negative thoughts and think of what to do to resolve the problem.
Sally, on the other hand, immediately takes control and thinks about what needs to be done. She keeps herself calm and motivated. Her first thoughts are:
- I remember seeing the car jack and tire iron in the trunk.
- I know the spare tire sits on top of the jack in the trunk.
- I'm not far from Henry's house; I'll call him to see if he can help.
- There's a tire shop not far from here, I'll stop there later and see about getting a new tire.
In the meantime, Sally already called Henry, who is glad to come and help. She has opened the trunk and retrieved the spare tire and car jack. By the time Henry arrives, Sally has the jack in place and the tire iron is ready to remove the lug nuts from the tire.
Now back to see how Jane is doing. She's still sitting in the car on the side of the road, totally overcome with devastation. She's so overcome by her defeated thought pattern that she cannot even think rationally. She is unable to think clearly about what she should do first.
These are very primitive examples of how we are in control of our own actions and reactions to situations in life.
Sally's motivation is key to her taking charge and changing the situation. Jane, however, allowed the "power of negative thinking" to over-come and drain all her motivational energy. She literally sat in her car until some "good Samaritan" came to her rescue many hours later.
We all encounter difficulties that life throws at us. The difference is in how we handle them. If we focus on the negative of the situation, it will absolutely over-whelm and over-take us.
Negatives, whether they are circumstances or comments from others, act like sharks. They will try to chew off a piece here or there to maim us. If allowed, this shark will totally incapacitate by swallowing us whole.
If the "shark of negatives" is stopped and not allowed to get close to us, then we automatically have the upper hand. Motivation is an enemy to negative thinking. It does not accept a negative as the final solution. Instead it remains strongly focused to change the situation into a positive outcome.
When negative thoughts begin to flood in, it is then that the door must be slammed shut. Do not allow the negatives to take hold because they instantly begin to grow -- rapidly.
Instead, nourish the motivational thoughts that are positively charged. Motivation will always rush anxiously toward a positive and victorious outcome.
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