Absolutely Positive

Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will. George Bernard Shaw, Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 - 1950) In a day when there has been no time to think creatively or use my imagination, the result is... Sign in to see full entry.

I sometimes think the phrase "What goes around comes around", is used a little too often and too glibly, but it does indicate a growing understanding or belief in karma. Any time anyone does something bad to you, and you react to it with anger and emotion, you collect negative karma, but if... Sign in to see full entry.

I have just finished rereading John Man's book about Jan Little. She was the American woman who lived for years, with her husband and her daughter, in a remote part of the Amazon jungle, 5 days by boat from the nearest settlement, in northern Brazil. The Little family had created their own homestead... Sign in to see full entry.

Learn the art of patience. Apply discipline to your thoughts when they become anxious over the outcome of a goal. Impatience breeds anxiety, fear, discouragement and failure. Patience creates confidence, decisiveness, and a rational outlook, which eventually leads to success. Brian Adams I am... Sign in to see full entry.

I read an article today about stress. It explains how inaction can generate constant stress, because the longer you leave a stressful problem, the more worry takes over, you can't think about anything else, you can't sleep and that causes you more worry. I think it's true. I wouldn't say I suffer... Sign in to see full entry.

When the English writer Dennis Potter knew he was dying of cancer, he gave what was to be his final interview. Naturally, he was asked to look back on his life and work, but this was a man with no future. The interviewer asked Potter if knowledge of his impending death had changed the way he lived.... Sign in to see full entry.

I know I will spend winter on the south coast of England, so I can see myself walking beside the sea. After that, I see myself outside a chalet or cabin, in the morning sun, eating breakfast on a verandah or sitting on the porch steps. That is my dream and I can visualize it. Don't fear failure so... Sign in to see full entry.

I have been reading some advice about practicing visualization. Some of the methods involving positivity I find have already been doing, unaware that they were 'visualization techniques', but I do find them helpful. The first is to write down 3 to 5 things for which you are grateful every day. These... Sign in to see full entry.

If you really do put a small value upon yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price. -- Anonymous Recently I found an old passport photo of myself, aged about 16. I was surprised when I looked at the girl in the photograph. She has my features and, with her long thick hair,... Sign in to see full entry.

Even in death there was inequality, when the cemetery was opened in 1840. As a memorial to their dear departed, the most prosperous families had elaborate monuments made in marble or granite, complete with weeping angels, and lettered with fine words. These monuments lined the sweeping avenues which... Sign in to see full entry.