Title: Let's Have a Positive Mind and Attitude
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The mind is the master of life, the driver of destiny, and the ruler of life. Even though you have the same environment, your life will change depending on how you live your life. When a knife is held in the hand of a doctor, it becomes a surgical sword that saves a person's life, but when it is held in the hand of a thief, it becomes a weapon. In other words, happiness and unhappiness, success and failure are determined by a person's mindset. Even if you see the same thing in the same place at the same time, it all depends on your mindset. For example, even if they see the same reservoir at the same time and at the same place, Tae-Gong Kang thinks of catching fish, a swimmer thinks of swimming, a boater thinks of riding a boat, and a farmer that thinks of watering the rice fields. However, the human mind is divided into two main parts. One is a positive mind and the other is a negative mind. One of the most important things we need for a healthy faith today is a positive mind and attitude. Look at people living creative and successful lives. What they have in common is a positive mindset.
A woman came to the market and bought only small fish, so the merchant asked, and she replied, "My frying pan is small." Then the merchant said, "Madam, change the frying pan before you buy the fish." If you change your mind and thoughts, the world will change. So let's take a look at some principles related to a positive mindset.
1. A positive mindset is to have hope in everything.
There was a bucket of hope and a bucket of despair. The bucket of hope has always been optimistic, and the bucket of despair has always been pessimistic. As the empty bucket went down into the well, he said:
“No one lives as disappointing as me. When you come out of a well, it's always full, but when you go in it's always empty."
Then this time the full bucket came out of the well and said, “I always go into the well empty, and when I come out, it always comes out full.”
Which bucket is the bucket of hope, and which bucket is the bucket of despair? Hope, faith, love, the will to live, joy, humor, creativity, activity, confidence, and high expectations. None of these things are important in life. But, positive thinking is an important virtue that always serves as a starting point for healing. Also, positive thoughts always lead to success.
The brain takes 40 positive words to neutralize one negative word. It is easy to injure that much, but the cost of healing the wound increases. Love is not about hurting the other person's heart, breaking their will or losing their courage, but about instilling confidence, self-affirmation, and motivation. Then, ultimately, the broken heart will be healed. Doctor Irving Oil says:
“Positive and beautiful thoughts produce beneficial hormones in the body, which help to heal disease”
A large conglomerate sent two employees to the site for market research to advance into Africa. It was a preliminary investigation to export shoes to Africa. After completing all investigations, they returned to their home country and reported to the president. Positive reports of "Africans don't wear a single shoe. They have unlimited marketability" and "Africans don't wear a single shoe. You can't sell a single pair of shoes." "It was a negative report.
The 12 spies sent to the land of Canaan came to see the same thing. However, the ten were negative people, and Joshua and Caleb were positive people who saw God not only in reality but also in reality (Numbers 13). God maintains the history of Israel through these two positive people, Joshua and Caleb. made it
Looking at a cup half full of alcohol, some say it's half empty, and some say it's still half full.
A positive attitude is the attitude of predicting, speaking and living the hope of the future, thinking that we can overcome any difficulties no matter what. So a positive person always sees the good and sees the good.
On the other hand, a negative person is a person who resents and complains about the environment, and is pessimistic and negative about their own future.
Human success and failure, happiness and unhappiness are determined here. Generally, successful people are positive people, and happy people are almost positive people.
On the other hand, negative people have a hard time living in the world. It is usually unhappy, family life is not smooth, and interpersonal relationships are not smooth, so it is always dark when that person enters.
2. Being positive in our lives is a blessing.
There was a student at a famous university who wore crutches. The ordinary student was very cheerful and at the same time optimistic. Not only that, he did well in his studies, and he won many awards and even earned respect from his fellow classmates. But one day, a friend asked how he had become such a crippled body. “Because of polio,” he replied simply. "Then can you tell me the secret of your confident behavior?" The friend asked cautiously. Then he said, "It's nothing. It's because the disease didn't even penetrate my heart." Everything in the world depends on your mindset. Jews emphasize positive thinking and vision when educating their children. They often cite the biblical fight between the boy David and the giant Goliath. “The people of Israel thought he was too big to defeat Goliath. They were terrified and did not dare resist. But David confidently leaped forward, saying that Goliath was too big for the slingshot to miss. Depending on how you hold it, the results will be completely different.”
Negative people say they can't do everything and criticize them. However, if you are influenced by such a negative person, you will become negative as well. You can see the couple becoming alike. So at least one of the couple should be positive. However, in the relationship between husband and wife, the positive and negative are often opposed. In that case, the family in which the positive overcomes the negative becomes a happy family.
3. When we believe in Jesus, we become positive people.
Everywhere Jesus went, a negative place became a positive one. And Jesus made everyone he met into a positive person. Jesus was almost unhappy with whomever he met, so what was the first thing he wanted to give them? It was faith. What is Faith? Faith itself implies a positive attitude.
4. Being positive leads to loyalty and commitment.
Look closely at people's social life, religious life, and human relationships. Positive people are usually people who know loyalty and know commitment. If you look at the church life, positive people are also loyal to the church. And build up virtue, and thus make yourself happy.
However, the negative attitude of denying everything with one language is truly unfortunate.
5. Negative posture will eventually bog you down and make it difficult.
A person who sees only the negative sees only the negative in others. Then, do you lead a good life by looking at the negative things of others? no. Seeing the negativity of others leads to self-destruction. Why? A positive life cannot be given only by looking at the negative. A person who sees the strengths of others sees the strengths of others, and over time, his weaknesses will also be turned into strengths. If you look closely, those who discover the strengths of others become successful people.
2001. 5. 20, 21 (Sat, Sunday)