Review: A Step Up...from the Negative!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 29, 2014
All of us have negative thoughts about people and situations that we encounter daily. However, there are some of us who are so consumed by negative thinking and pessimism that we subconsciously begin to react to these situations subjectively, to a point where our beliefs become our absolute truths. I really enjoyed reading this book because the author did a marvelous job of explaining how we can reduce the amount of stress in our lives by trying not to distort the truth about reality or trying not to maintain a narrow, one-dimensional focus that put situations into “right or wrong categories”. Benhilda offered a unique perspective by assuring the negative thinkers out there that they don’t necessarily have to fight to get rid of these negative thoughts but should instead analyze these thoughts more objectively, view situations from a different perspective, and distinguish real facts from “truths” governed by their belief system. The advice given was relevant and down-to-earth. Great book!