How many times you would have thought,

“Even my worst enemy should not face this!!”

“I wish many people find happiness the way I have!!”

If the ‘I wish..’ statement is looked at as a positive one,

So should ‘Even my worst..’ statement be looked at as one,

At the end of the day, we want everyone to be happy.

Someone is sharing something with us, that will make us look at the positive,

We are sharing something with someone, that will make them look at the positive,

At the end of the day, it is all for a positive outlook.

And yet, positive thinking seems to be an oxymoron..

Positive and thinking, duh!!

Not all the time,

Not by all of us.

That’s why perhaps there is many a book on positive thinking out there,

The Power of Positive Thinking,

Change your Thoughts, Change your Life,

Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude,

And the list goes on

And then you have the expressions

Don’t Worry Be Happy,

Every Cloud has a Silver Lining,

There is a Light at the end of the Tunnel,

When one door closes, another one Opens.

And this list also goes on.

Statements, books, expressions – all about positive thinking,

and sometimes nothing really works,

You are so down and so lost,

that positive thinking is a hard marathon ask.

It requires self-awareness, to know the state we are in and its impact,

It also requires self-regulation, to regulate our emotions and minimise the impact,

It needs a conscious decision making, to not flow with the negative current.

Positive thinking isn’t rocket science,

It isn’t hard,

But it ain’t easy either.

It is a silent effort that happens in the background,

No one sees it, including you.

It is an effort, to swim against the negative thoughts,

An effort that seems so draining sometimes,

An effort that needs time and space and energy at other times.

You want to give it up,

but oh no, you won’t!!

Why oh why?

To survive, that’s why!!

Positive thinking isn’t just in others,

It s there in you,

Be aware, be regulated and be decisive!!!

All you have to do is look in and NOT out!!!