yes! you can think positive…..
i am a perfect example. for the longest time i was in a ‘woe is me’ mindset. kept thinking that things are too hard. kept keeping myself back and not wanting to try new things, b/c i was scared. i was afraid of rejection, being told i wasn’t good enough, being told that i wasn’t normal, thinking over and over that i would never fit in…. and always looking pessimistically at EVERYTHING.
8 years… 8 years married and battled through a verbally and physically abusive relationship, 8 years of bouncing from job to job trying to find one that i felt needed and free at the same time, 8 years of not being able to maintain my wee bouts of positivity…. then i started looking in the mirror every morning and talking to myself. telling myself mauntras that allowed me to love myself for who i am. learn to love you first, then once you can forgive yourself for every ‘stupid’ thing you’ve done and moving passed it… it will open your eyes and heart to a lot of posibilities.
the next step… i stopped talking to those people in my life that didn’t allow me to stay positive. starting with a few friends. they were very draining, energy wise.
then i started to show my skills at work and learning everything i could while working there, just to take advantage of it.
i got laid off in December. and i didn’t cry or get worried. i just started concentrating on finding my perfect job. and bam, 3 weeks later landed the job of my dreams (WITHOUT a college degree, thank you very much).
then… yep it gets better.
i left my husband of 8 years. and when i laid out everything that i felt about him and about our relationship, he told me….
“this whole time we were concentrating on ‘fixing’ you and i know now that you are the more ‘normal’ one of the two of us. i’ve learned a great deal about LOVE-PATIENCE-CARING-HUGS-EMOTIONAL CONTROL-PARENTING-FRIENDSHIPS-BEING CENTERED and BEING TRUE TO YOURSELF”
i was excited and on cloud nine and have been. i’m a pretty darn positive person. and pretty darn positive things happen b/c i BELIEVE they will.
i know i saw another thread about this same thing a while back when this site first popped up. considering i’m too lazy to look it up, i won’t. 
but it touched on books to read and ways to think positive.
good luck! don’t let the world, or yourself… get you down.
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