12 Positive Starts and 12 Positive Stops for the New Year
from www.lucymacdonald.com

I like the idea of a new year and the opportunity to reflect on where I've been, where I am, and where I am headed.
Here's a list, in no particular order, of some positive things we can be doing to start off the new year.
I’ve also included some of the habits we need to drop.

12 Positive Starts:

1. Start living with purpose.
2. Start being passionate.
3. Start taking risks.
4. Start listening with an open mind.
5. Start making your health a priority.
6. Start laughing and playing.
7. Start being good to yourself.
8. Start doing work that you love.
9. Start living your own life.
10. Start learning new things.
11. Start managing your money
12. Start spending time with people who matter to you.

12 Positive Stops:

1. Stop worrying.
2. Stop making excuses.
3. Stop doing work you hate.
4. Stop wasting your time.
5. Stop arguing.
6. Stop trying to be right.
7. Stop complaining.
8. Stop making the same mistakes.
9. Stop doubting yourself.
10. Stop worrying about the opinions of others.
11. Stop feeling sorry for yourself.
12. Stop spending more money than you make.

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POSITIVE THINKING
by Remez Sasson
The difference between can and cannot are only three letters. Three letters that determine your life's direction.Being positive or negative are habits of thoughts that have a very strong influence on life.

Positive and negative are directions. Which direction do you choose?Positive thinking is expecting, talking and visualizing with certainty what you want to achieve, as an accomplished fact.

Riches, mediocrity and poverty begin in the mind.Reality is the mirror of your thoughts. Choose well what you put in front of the mirror.

The mind is the decisive factor in your life, but who decides for the mind?A positive attitude brings strength, energy and initiative.To think negatively is like taking a weakening drug.Positive thoughts are not enough. There have to be positive feelings and positive actions.

When you say, "I can't" and expect the worst, you become weak and unhappy.When you say "I can", and expect success, you fill yourself with confidence and happiness.Being resolute, decisive and courageous in small matters and in big ones is being positive.

You can close the windows and darken your room, and you can open the windows and let light in. It is a matter of choice. Your mind is your room. Do you darken it or do you fill it with light?Positive thinking and negative thinking are attitudes. They are points of view, and show the way people handle their affairs.Suppose you stand at a crossroads, one way leads to a desert and the other one to lush meadows, which way do you choose?Clear thoughts produce produce clear results.

Positive thinking evokes more energy, more initative and more happiness.Train your mind to think in terms of 'possible' and 'can be done'.When you have control over your thoughts, you have control over your life.Happy thoughts attract happy people into your life.Happy thoughts fill your life with happiness.When you change your habitual thoughts, it is like changing the direction of a train.

Affirm the positive, visualize the positive and expect the positive, and your life will change accordingly.When there are difficulties and you feel down, this is the time to visualize, think and expect the positive.

Do not let circumstances influence your thoughts and moods. By rising over them mentally, you will eventually rise over them materially.Fill your mind with light, happiness, hope, feelings of security and strength, and soon your life will reflect these qualities.

Reading inspiring quotes uplifts the mind.

Repeating inspiring quotes during the day, helps to cope better with with every situation that arises.

The power of positive thinking is like a car with a powerful engine that can take you to the summit of a mountain.

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