| If you have been practicing positive thinking in | | | | the first place. |
| your daily life, and you have planted your positive | | | | · The clerk at the grocery store gives you |
| mental garden, you will start to see the beginnings | | | | the wrong change, you point it out with a smile- |
| of growth in yourself and your surroundings. At | | | | and she happily corrects the mistake. |
| this stage, it is important to nurture the tender | | | | · You waited in line at the bank for |
| new beginnings of your confident, positive self. | | | | twenty-five minutes on your lunch hour...and your |
| You should learn to recognize the effects of | | | | life didn't end. |
| positive thinking in your life and encourage the | | | | · The new part for your car finally arrived at |
| development of strong roots to anchor yourself | | | | the garage after a week on backorder, but it was |
| in success. | | | | the wrong one. You were so nice about accepting |
| "There's only one corner of the universe youcan | | | | the delay when the garage called that they |
| be certain of improving, and that's your own self." | | | | offered you a substantial discount on your repair |
| - Aldous Huxley | | | | bill. |
| As you practice using positive thinking, you will | | | | · Every time you catch a glimpse of yourself |
| find that things begin to change for you. | | | | in a mirror, you're smiling- and you don't think you |
| Sometimes the change is so gradual you don't | | | | look like a moron. |
| notice anything at all, until one day someone else | | | | · You put the oven on too high and burned |
| tells you that you seem different. They may ask | | | | dinner...then wound up having something even |
| if you've gotten a new outfit, changed your hair, | | | | better than you'd planned. |
| lost weight, or won the lottery. Tapping in to | | | | · Suddenly you have a lot more free time on |
| positive thinking not only makes you happier, it | | | | your hands, and plenty of things to do with it- |
| also makes you more attractive; the kind of | | | | plus enough energy to do them. |
| person others want to be around. | | | | · The last time you thought the word can't |
| Now that you've had some experience, you might | | | | was in the phrase I can't believe all these great |
| recognize some of the common signs of | | | | things are happening to me. |
| positively charged people. Check out this list of | | | | Positive thinking has the power to change your |
| things you have to look forward to. | | | | life, as long as you believe it does. As you |
| You Know You're a Positive Thinker When: | | | | continue to use positive thinking techniques, you |
| · Your grueling drive to work goes by so | | | | will find you don't have to put much effort into |
| quickly, you wonder why it ever bothered you in | | | | achieving what you want. |