Pages Friday, November 16, 2012 sweet satisfaction of POSITIVE THINKING It seems that most people find it much easier to have a negative attitude than a positive one. Negative thoughts pull us down and they can rule our mind the moment we choose to believe them. Tips to help turn the negative thinking into positive thinking... Be conscious of your thoughts. Examine critically what you think about. Our negative actions and words often come from our negative thoughts -- what goes into our minds. Like I said at the opening of this article, positive thinking is a choice. We have the ability to choose our thoughts, regardless of our beliefs. As soon as a negative thought comes into our minds, we should purposefully make it a point of duty to replace it with a positive one. This may seem difficult the first time, but with persistence and determination, it will become easy and doable. Write your thoughts in a diary. Keep a list of your thoughts, attitudes and actions. Write them down as soon as you notice them. Later, critically analyse them. Challenge the negative thoughts. The purpose of challenging our negative thoughts is to be able to see quickly whether the thoughts are wrong or whether they have some reasonable contents in them. This will enable us to determine the degree of positivity in every negativity. This will also enable us to take appropriate actions. However, we should always make sure that our negative thoughts are genuinely important to