“Think positive!” you will
tell to someone you see that is worry or complaining. But some people doesn’t
believe is useful and effective. Actually who doesn’t accept it will consider
it as nonsense or will not pay attention to what you are suggesting nor will
ask themselves what the power of positive thinking really means.
Using this with our kids,
do we always think positively about them? Or are we always mentioning and
repeating what they’re not capable off? Like “my kids are too lazy”, “my kids
never behave good”, well if that’s what you are expecting from them they will
be lazy and they will behave bad, just to confirm your expectations. But what
if we expect the best behavior and performance from our children? Isn’t this what
we often get? It’s the power of positive thinking in action. If you expect and
believe the best you’ll receive the best!
I know parents that will constantly
say their kids always get sick and that they catch every cold, well of course they
will always be sick, you are affirming it to yourself and you know for sure it
will happen. In my case, my kids never get sick and I’ve been saying that since
the day they were born, I can count with the fingers of one hand the times they
have had to go to the Dr. and that’s in a course of over 12 years.
Yes, I have sometimes been
the victim of negative thoughts, too, not expecting the best from them and
that’s how the cycle towards failure has started to confirm my expectations.
But if on the other hand we expect, think, believe and speak about how
successful, productive, creative and responsible our kids are, then they can’t
help but rise to the occasion and confirm our best opinions of them with their
positive actions. Remember children also pick up on our beliefs about them,
form a self-concept that matches that belief, and perform accordingly.
So instead, we should fill
ourselves and our kids with thoughts of self-importance, confidence and
positive attitude so that there will be no room for negative thinking. Think
all the time about how good they are and when negative thoughts come to mind,
just switch them, thinking about all the times your child has made you happy
and proud.
Show them how important positive
habits are and teach them to live the same way you do, living life to its
fullest in a positive way.
So no matter what, expect only
the best from your children and watch them fulfill your expectations.
The person who sends out positive
thoughts activates the world around him positively and draws back to himself
positive results.
~
Norman Vincent Peale
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