Perseverance Trumps Positive Attitude
We hear so much about how important it is to have a positive attitude. I think it is helpful to remind ourselves of what we’re grateful for because it keeps us from dwelling on what’s wrong, generally makes us feel more content with our lives, and because Oprah does it every day. Seriously! I recently went to her “Live The Life You Want” event and she credits her daily gratitude practice as part of her success.
I believe that choosing to focus on thoughts that are useful versus ones that drag us down makes sense. In my own recent experience with losing my beloved cat, consciously choosing to think that I made the best decisions possible at the end of his life has helped me cope.
I also believe there is merit to the law of attraction. Sometimes I seem to manifest whatever I’m focused on, for good or bad. I try to keep it positive so that I’ll manifest great things like my beautiful Dodge Challenger!
However, I don’t think that a positive attitude ensures we will only attract beneficial things into our lives, or that we can force our minds into thinking we’re happy when really we’re not. That would be arrogant, wouldn’t it, to think we controlled everything that happened to us!
During those times when circumstances are tough – when we’re facing a big problem, struggling with relationships or health or whatever the situation is – perseverance trumps a positive attitude. Thinking brighter thoughts might help. But perseverance is what gets us out of bed to eat and shower and get to work when we don’t feel like it. Perseverance pushes us to meet our obligations. Perseverance is what keeps us going one day after the next until we’ve made it through that tough time.
Hi, I tried to share this on Pinterest, and I could not; it said that the image is too small. They are referring to the image at the top, the purple and white text “perseverance wins” before your text. I think that you should add a picture to this article and all articles you write here. This is the 1st time I tried sharing an article on Pinterest so it was good info for me to know since I also blog. But I thought I would share this tip with you. And if you add an image, I will share this on Pinterest. 🙂 Nice article, I SO agree, it’s nice to see something you sort of know written so clearly. Validation is so good, thank you. 🙂
Good to know about pics and Pinterest, thank you!