Positive Attitude - Acceptance

Hey hey lovely people of Positivity & Gratitude community!

Today we will be talking about Postive Attitude - Acceptance and I hope many of us can participate in this discussion. I think many of us struggle with having a positive attitude at times and it can be really difficult to brush something like that off! We spend hours on end thinking about the different sides of a situation and it's natural to get stuck on the negative ones.

Oxford dictionary defines Attitude as - A settled way of thinking or feeling about something. Another definition that really made me think was - An attitude is somewhere between a belief, a stance, a mood, and a pose. If you've got an attitude about something, it can be hard to change it because you think you're right.

Our question is what positive attitude means? Is it always about sunshine, hope and faith? The answers are rather very subjective. To me, a positive attitude means to acknowledge a given situation and concealing the arsing thoughts I may have when I think about it. Yes, easier said than done It's really hard to accept your thoughts in their raw form, it's usually because people do not really perceive things the way they are, rather we accept things the way we think they are. That's where positive attitude kicks in! If we really think about it, things are often way worse in our head than they actually seem to be. That's why when we talk to our friend or anyone, what they say usually helps us. It's not that they're saying anything different to what you truly believe, they just say it as it is. It's easier to express things in their true form externally than to express them internally. "Acceptance does not mean you agree with, condone, appreciate or even like what has happened. Acceptance means that you know regardless of what happened that there is something bigger than you at work. It also means you know that you are okay and that you will continue to be okay." Acceptance is not "things will get better" but that things are and will continue to be okay.

No matter how your life is, even at it's worst the way we perceive it can be changed. Maybe the thing won't really change, maybe the situation doesn't get better but what we think has power over us, not the things that have happened. Our mind is hard to control, yes and thoughts don't really know the concept of coming and going until we stand by our own judgement. You can let thoughts go just as you let them come, welcome them, accept them but know they're temporary just like many other things. Let things come and let them go.

🍂 Do you think attitude is something we can change even after considering all aspects of a given circumstance? If yes, share one thought that has troubled you and accept the way it truly is. You cannot change it, you cannot alter some small parts of it but you can accept it and let it go. Own that power you have!