When you come to realize that thoughts decide your future, what you allow your mind to think about and dwell on will shape your personal destiny. By gaining clarity on what we really believe about the world, we can then take effective action to change our results by taking responsibility for what we choose to think. Positive or Benevolent World View This group is one that lives with the view that the world is perfect the way it is, in a constant state of growth and evolution towards a better state of being. Instead of seeing problems and injustice, they see opportunities to serve and help other people. Instead of believing that they cannot do anything, they take responsibility for themselves, their thoughts and their actions. When they are wronged by others, they understand that no one is perfect and that each and everyone of us are trying to find our own way to a better life. They may not stand for being taken advantage off, but they are willing to forgive the other person and move on with their own life. Negative World View This group of people tends to see problems, injustice and oppression everywhere. They see guilty and evil people everywhere. Instead or opportunity and hope, this group of people sees limitations and unfairness. This group, with a negative world view, tend to be very critical and tends to live life under a cloud of fear and darkness. This group tends to blame any and everyone else for the state of the world, their personal lives, and everything bad that happens. What Does This Have Got To Do With You? While there are people who fall into both extremes, most of us live somewhere near the middle with tendencies to lean towards either the dark or the light side. What you believe about life affects everything you do. It also shapes the person you are and determines what you contribute to this world through your very existence. Taking a closer look at both sides of the story. Whether the world is coming to an end, whether there is injustice and problems everywhere, the fact is that complaining and bitching about it isn’t going to change it. In fact, you would be adding more negativity to the mess. Just imagine a whole group of people sitting together bitching about the entire world coming to an end, bitching about how horrible the world is, and just plain out trying to drag everyone else into their view of the world so they can be one big mess of negative people bitching about everything. By their actions and results they produce, you can probably tell that nothing good is going to come out of it. In fact, if allowed to grow, more and more people would get sucked in and the world may very well become what they have bitched it to be. Result = More Negativity, Hope Killer and Ineffectiveness On the other hand, if you choose to be in a group of people who understands that while there are problems in life, there are places where injustice still occurs, and there are people who do abuse their power to keep others down, you have the personal power and ability to take charge of your own life. By taking responsibility for your thoughts and actions, you bring as much good into the world as you can. You meet each problem with the faith that you can and will do whatever it takes to overcome it. You take responsibility for your life and actions, knowing that what you do does have an immediate impact on you and perhaps even the people around you. The thing is, even if everything the negative group of people bitched about were true, spreading the negativity isn’t going to make the situation any better. By taking responsibility for yourself and what happens to you, you become more positive because you realize that you do have some degree of control over what happens to you. You start to see possibilities, and start to see the world in more benevolent terms. You become a happier and more effective person because you have taken charge of your life. Result = Feeling Happier, Taking Action To Create A Better Life, Increased Effectiveness What there is to realize about positive or negative world views isn’t about who is right or wrong. It is about which is more effective for you to achieve your goals and live a happier life. By adopting the right mindset and perspective on life, you can create your own destiny.
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