Theme
Accentuate the Positive
Description
To Do
Start a gratitude listing, noting everything from a pretty flower to the fact the newspaper boy finally landed the sunday times on your porch instead of in the bushes while the sprinklers were on, to the fact that you got through your first day intact
Nourish Yourself
Evaluate how you feel. If you are at all hungry or tired plan to adjust accordingly
Get Up & Go!
Evaluate how you feel. If you are overly sore or in pain plan to adjust accordingly and give yourself the day off if needed
Tools
Your Journal. Make sure you are recording everything from what you consumed to what time you went to bed and what the weather was like. This will prove invaluable when trying to identify patterns
Tip
Want more body satisfaction with fewer pounds? Spend less thought on it…. Your body will be the same whether you obsess about it or not…. Your peace of mind will NOT be the same. So don’t give excessive thought to this regimen or it will weight you down even more
Tweak
Avoid disproportionate portions. Make sure you are getting enough protein in the mornings and keeping carbs and sweets to a reasonable level
Question
What did you enjoy most about day one? What you did right yesterday. don’t give a second thought to how you may have fallen short of abject perfection. But do enjoy noting at least one thing you did that was productive
Thought
You've got to accentuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mister In-Between
You've got to spread joy up to the maximum
Bring gloom down to the minimum
Have faith or pandemonium
Liable to walk upon the scene
(To illustrate his last remark
Jonah in the whale, Noah in the ark
What did they do
Just when everything looked so dark)
Man, they said we better
Accentuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mister In-Between
No, do not mess with Mister In-Between
Do you hear me, hmm?
(Oh, listen to me children and-a you will hear
About the elininatin' of the negative
And the accent on the positive)
And gather 'round me children if you're willin'
And sit tight while I start reviewin'
The attitude of doin' right
(You've gotta accentuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mister In-Between)
You've got to spread joy (up to the maximum)
Bring gloom (down) down to the minimum
Otherwise (otherwise) pandemonium
Liable to walk upon the scene
To illustrate (well illustrate) my last remark (you got the floor)
Jonah in the whale, Noah in the ark
What did they say (what did they say)
Say when everything looked so dark
Man, they said we better
Accentuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mister In-Between
No! Don't mess with Mister In-Between
Tidbit
When compiling your gratitude list, you may be interested in the following current statistics:
- If your combined household earns more than $24,600 a year you are in the top%10 of all income earners in the world.
- The average monthly salary for someone living in Afghanistan is only $14 a month.
- 37 million Americans live below the National poverty line. That’s 1 in every 8 Americans living in poverty.
- 3.5% of U.S. households (that’s people within a home) experience hunger every day. That’s 9.6 million people each and every day.
- An estimated 750,000 people in America experience homelessness and out of those people only 56 percent find shelter at night for sleeping while the other 44 percent end up sleeping on the streets.
- Only 34% of American adults say they are truly happy.
Treat
A good attitude is one of the greatest treats you could ever enjoy... the only thing better, would be sharing it! Go on and try... You’ll happily find it’s contagious
Blogs & Articles
10 Benefits of Positive Thinking: http://www.betrulyhappy.com/blog/2010/01/benefits-of-positive-thinking/
The Power of Positive Thinking: http://www.suite101.com/content/twisted-thinking-two-a13551
Positive thinking: Reduce stress, enjoy life more: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/positive-thinking/SR00009
In Sum
The Bard said it best, "there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so”
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