“A positive attitude gives you power over your circumstances.”

Today is Thursday, so I’m sharing another dose of positivity. Our quote today quote is a bit longer than normal, but stick with me because I’ll break it down piece by piece. The quote is, “A positive attitude gives you power over your circumstances instead of your circumstances having power over you.”

I feel like this quote embodies a common benefit to positivity that goes understated — positivity gives you control of your perceptions. Our perceptions are simply the way our brains interpret our external reality. It might be best to think about it like a machine — Our external reality works as an input into the machine, the machine changes the input into something else, and then on the other end we get an output, which in this case is our perception. With a lens of positivity, we can mold these inputs into a form that is better received by our brains and body.

This positive lens can be created a number of ways — you can do things like give benefit of the doubt, emphasize the good parts in certain situations, and assume good intentions in others. When negativity does present itself in your life, you can use these techniques to reason that it isn’t all so bad, and you can focus on the less threatening parts.

The alternative to this, which is mentioned in the second half of the quote, is that circumstances have control over you. This implies that you are subject to the way that life happens to you, and that lack of autonomy can lead to a snowball of negativity.

So remember this — “A positive attitude gives you power over your circumstances instead of your circumstances having power over you.” Just like I say, take ownership of your personal development, and your perceptions.

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