In a crisis I always image the worst scenario possible. It never happens, so by thinking the worst, the situation is more tolerable because things are never as bad as they could be. Most of the things that we worry about don't actually happen. Which just goes to show that being optimistic works.

It doesn't cost any money to think positively and doesn't require the guidance of any self-help books. The truth is that unfortunate things happen, life throws curveballs, and unpredictability reigns supreme, but just as researchers have shown that the physical act of smiling and laughing can improve one's mood, so too can optimism improve the mood of your entire life. As a recent fortune cookie informed me (just as I prepared myself to have a Sinus removed from my nose, I might add), "It is better to be an optimist and proven a fool than to be a pessimist and be proven right." And I'd have to agree. What's the harm in seeing the good in a world/situation you can't control anyway?

Th above two paragraphs are just two examples on how I handle things positively in my life. However, there can be some bad consequences ignoring the negative side of the things all the time.

Adopting positive pattern of thought only, inherently causes us to ignore other parts of our reality.

if you are insisting on thinking all the time you better think happy thoughts

That's the most foolish thing anybody can do.

Positive thinking should always being about making the very best of what you’ve got, and working towards change in those aspects of life which are actually changeable. Think realistically positive and be aware the possible outcomes of the situation you are in the near future.

In the next article (will be published tomorrow) –The benefits of adopting a more holistic approach to life, one that is beyond "good vs bad"; "light vs. dark".

Waiting to see what you have got next.