Here’s what a positive attitude requires from you:
§ Deciding what your goals are then doing everything you can to make them come true.
Reference:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/business-and-lifestyle/15210-young-sikh-men-get-haircuts.html § Looking toward the future with hope and optimism.
§ Paying attention to the attitudes and emotions that can sabotage, defeat you or turn you sour, such as lashing out at the people you care about (and who care about you), letting fear get the better of you, permitting yourself to feel defeated and giving up on your dreams.
§ Taking life’s ups and downs in stride. Keeping your eyes on the big picture and not letting every disappointment or setback defeat your spirit.
§ Making sure you never forget that the most important thing in life is about the quality of your relationships with those you care about—and to do everything you can to keep those relationships reciprocal, alive, vital, close and connected.
§ Empathy and compassion: seeing things from another person’s perspective, not just your own. Being sensitive to how your words, actions and behaviors impact others and their feelings. Being able to stand inside someone else’s experience and emotions with a desire to understand why they feel as they do.
§ Having an attitude of gratitude and thanksgiving about what you have, what you’ve accomplished, what you are and what you’re becoming.
§ Making sure you don’t get self-destructive—or destructive to others.
§ Living upright, with honor and integrity. Being consistently kind, honest and decent. Consistently doing the right thing.
§ Keeping yourself physically active, vital and fit.
§ Reaching out to others. Extending a welcoming hand rather than feeling sorry for yourself that others aren’t reaching out to you.
§ Focusing on what you’re trying to create and what you have to look forward to—not what has hurt or disappointed you. Keeping your outlook half full rather than half empty.
§ Being open-hearted, open to new possibilities and new people in your life, receptive to new ways of looking at things and new experiences. Always being receptive to expanding who you are, your knowledge and skills and your
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self-image.
You can read this with either a positive attitude or a negative one. The choice is always yours.