Wrong is to believe, that positive thinking means, that you have to push your head into the sand, and ignore all those things in life, which are not pleasant. All this 101 thing I'm doing is just because I want to help you to deal with the unpleasant things more positively and productively. Think, that something good will happen and not the opposite.

The thing we don't do enough is to talk to yourself. But that is the key to positive thoughts. But this isn't the usual talk we have with others. It's the flow of unspoken thought that passes through our brain every day. And as you already know, that this is the automatic process of thinking, which can be even positive or negative. Some monologs come from logic and reason, but others arise from misunderstanding and lack of information.

So, if the most of your thoughts are negative in your head, then you are a very pessimistic person. But if your thoughts are mostly positive, then you are a person filled with optimism. And as you may hear before - positive thinking has an excellent effect on our health.

Scientist apparently disagree on many things, but they made a short list of the benefits of positive thinking:

• longer life
• less depression
• less affected by stress on health and well-being
• greater immune resistance
• easier coping with difficult life situations
• lower risk of cardiovascular diseases.

So if you are an extrovert, then when needed turn to your close friends or family members. But if you are an introvert, then you should first try to talk to yourself, and maybe you will have the courage to speak to others in time.

On this site you can read (in Slovene language) some more details about positive thinking.

Photos made by me, and my Samsung A5.