Positivity – The Power of Your life

Dipa Shivani

‘Be positive as it reflects your soul’ – DS

How many times have we heard people around us complain – ‘oh my luck is always bad!’, ‘whenever I am happy, something bad happens’, ‘I am ugly’, ‘ I am fat’, ‘I hate myself’….
We tend to forget that we are the outer cover of our soul within. How difficult is it to inculcate a positive attitude in ourselves?

When you are facing a tough/critical situation, DO NOT PANIC, make use of common sense and logic, believe in your self, take help from your relatives/friends (and even strangers at times) if required, note down all possible solutions and start working on the problem with a positive attitude. REMEMBER – the situation will be with you till you want it to be. It will not last forever.

Positive attitude brings happiness to life. How many times have we seen people looking for happiness in materialistic things like making money, buying luxurious commodities, expensive dine-outs. Happiness only comes from within. You and only you can be happy if you choose to. Take charge of your mind and begin to fill it with healthy, positive, and courageous thoughts. We all have lovable qualities and we should know how to use them.

Here are few tips that will help you to develop positive attitude within ourselves and create a positive aura around you.

Sleep Well

Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you. ~Maori Proverb

Sleep helps to improve/increase and maintain our energy levels. It boosts the immune system, helps to maintain emotional and mental balance and increase overall quality of life.
In order to get a good sleep, follow the below tips:

1) Take a hot bath before sleeping as it will relieve stress
2) Plan your next days activities
3) If possible, perform meditation
4) Listen to soft music
5) Decrease mental activity before sleeping
6) Turn off the lights, keep the room well ventilated
7) Lighting a candle in one corner of the room. It creates a soothing atmosphere
8) Imagine your dreams coming true

Listen to your Inner Voice

The man who has no inner life is a slave to his surroundings. ~Henri Frédéric Amiel

All of us have an insight but many of us fail to listen to or acknowledge it. Our inner voice is the positive side of us speaking to us and trying to make us cautious so that we do not follow the negative path. But mostly our EGO wins. In this battle between our ego and inner voice, we have to make sure that our insight has on upper hand. Take a piece of paper and jot down all the negative statements that you make on daily basis. Then try to change those phrases into positive statements, keep practising this until it becomes a habit. For example, “I’ll never finish this on time!” could become, “I will probably get most of this finished on time.”


Communicate:

" There are two types of people - those who come into a room and say, "Well, here I am!" and those who come in and say, "Ah, there you are." ~Frederick L. Collins

Effective Communication is one of the keys to success. Replace the negative language with positive words. If you have a problem, talk it out. Do not keep the anger and frustration with in you as this will hurt your soul from within. By not saying what and how you are feeling will add on to your depression and frustration. You will end up throwing unnecessary tantrums; playing blame-game and getting angry with people you love the most.


Strong Foundation

The sun shines and warms and lights us and we have no curiosity to know why this is so; but we ask the reason of all evil, of pain, and hunger, and mosquitoes and silly people. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

To lead a positive life, keep in touch with reality
1) spending quality time with family
2) going out with friends
3) pampering your self
4) helping the needy and listening to others (and their problems)
5) admiring nature, contributing to the environment by indulging in environment saving activities
6) reading any book
7) developing a hobby that relieves stress
8) occasionally going to a religious place
9) allow yourself to be loved and have a special person in your life
10) discuss your problems and feelings
11) read out jokes loudly and act childish at times
12) look at the world from a child’s eyes and love the little ones around you

Holistic Healing

Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same. ~Francesca Reigler

Follow the principles of holistic health - body, mind and SPIRIT harmonization. Include meditation in your daily routine. It improves confidence level and coping mechanisms. It helps to reconnect the inner self with the world around us. It changes your outlook from negative to positive.
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. ~Herm Albright, quoted in Reader's Digest, June 1995

Dipa Shivani, is a regular member at Illuminations and works for Emirates Airlines.
You may contact her on dipa.shivani@emirates.com