How To Stay Positive

Anything from Monday blues to a bad day at work can rub down on your positivity and leave you feeling low and lost for the rest of your day. Before you let your spirits hit a downward slump, know that life can be really mean at times. Nevertheless, that shouldn’t really bog you down and make you feel all the more miserable. As Martin Luther King, Jr once said, “We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope”. Even before you trouble yourself worrying about the surprising screw-ups, just know that negativity is just a hapless state of mind and the best way to beat the blues is to take a quick detour from pessimism to quick sanguinity. Easier said than done, isn’t it? Well not really. Before you bang your head against the wall and curse your life for being full of cricks and thorns, just pause a while and muse over your blessings. Once you have developed a positive line of thinking, there is very little stopping you from keeping your spirits up. To know more on how to stay positive, read on.  

• Depressed economy, job cuts, financial crisis, and personal losses can at times throw you a curveball and catch you completely off guard! However, that doesn’t really have to mean that you lose your footing and succumb to the situation. Agreed that it’s natural to feel low and lost when stuck in the rut. But you can always brave it with a smiling face and a good deal of buoyancy. Remember, life isn’t really a tough hike and sooner or later you are likely to overcome it. Instead of ruing over a bad job, bad relationship and a bad life on the whole, just sit and think what’s really stopping you from achieving your dreams. Once you have the answer, you might just as well be in a better position to propel your life in a different direction. The trick is to contemplate!
• Have you been just handed a pink slip just because your company is downsizing? Or has your long-pending promotion been shelved once again? While it’s totally easy to hit a low when life seems horribly unfair, just know that every cloud has a silver lining and no matter how bleak a situation may look, it always has its fair share of good things to offer you. Just because you have been sacked or your promotion has been stalled doesn’t really mean that the game is over for you. Don’t forget, “adversity is opportunity in disguise”. So, the next time life lobs a curveball at you, don’t just sit tight and take things on your face. Instead, step out of your comfort zone and give it a hard hit. You never really know what opportunity awaits you at the end of the tunnel!
• Ever heard of the saying, “What is life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare?” We are so stuck chasing promotions, personal reputation and professional progress that we forget to live our lives. Result, sadness, disappointment and a feeling of despair! At times, it is just important to pull the brakes and unwind. If you have been feeling down in the dumps of late, just take a break from your fast-paced monotonous life and indulge yourself in some music, take up a favorite hobby or sport or just follow your passion. That should save your gumption from waning and leave your energy supercharged.
• Negativity is contagious and there is no denying that! Rubbing shoulders with pessimists and skeptics would only drive you into a downward spiral, if not worse. Don’t forget, a man is known by the company he keeps! Spending time with upbeat, optimistic people won’t just lift the cloud over you, but can also go a long way in uplifting your sagging spirits for the rest of the day.