{"id":8953,"date":"2014-03-12T00:09:50","date_gmt":"2014-03-12T04:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/?p=8953"},"modified":"2014-03-12T00:58:43","modified_gmt":"2014-03-12T04:58:43","slug":"transform-negative-into-positive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/2014\/03\/transform-negative-into-positive.html","title":{"rendered":"Negative or Positive?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/files\/2014\/03\/the-power-of-positive-thinking.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-8955\" style=\"width: 515px;height: 216px\" alt=\"the-power-of-positive-thinking\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/85\/2014\/03\/the-power-of-positive-thinking-1024x323.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"323\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #8b008b\">From <em>Studies in Truth<\/em> by Roy Eugene Davis:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #8b008b\">&#8220;Replace Harmful and Non-useful Habits With Constructive and Useful Habits.\u00a0 Choose thoughts, emotions, behaviors, relationships, activities and environmental conditions that enhance your life and contribute to your total well-being. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #8b008b\">Avoid thoughts, moods, behaviors, relationships, activities and environmental conditions which are detrimental to your physical, psychological and spiritual health.\u00a0 Doing this is easier than trying to remember a long list of things to do or avoid.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #8b008b\">Consider your current incarnation or situation as an opportunity to be fully conscious of your true nature and live without limitation.\u00a0 Complete Self-realization that liberates consciousness is the destiny of every soul.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #8b008b\">Be thankful for the good fortune you have and for the freedom to explore that which will really enhance your life.\u00a0 Learn to nurture your spiritual qualities and bring them forth.\u00a0 Doing this will completely satisfy your desire and need to be soul-satisfied.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #8b008b\">Live holistically by harmoniously integrating of the aspects of your life (spiritual, mental, emotional, physical, social, vocational, recreational, economic and environmental).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #8b008b\">Attend to your formal spiritual duties first.\u00a0 Then consider everything else you do as also important for your well-being.\u00a0 Nurture optimism, confidence and rational thinking.\u00a0 Be innovative and willing to learn.\u00a0 Imagine that you have what you need or want for your well-being.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #8b008b\">Nurture calmness, soul-contentment, cheerfulness and patience.\u00a0 Nurture your physical health with a positive mental attitude, nutritious food (organic when possible), appropriate exercise, sufficient sleep and recreation, fresh air and at least thirty minutes of daily exposure to natural light.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #8b008b\">Be kind, generous and helpful to others.\u00a0 View your work as service and do it skillfully and with all of your heart.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">smiles,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\">\ud83d\ude42 Lee<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"><em>The MEGA Coach<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/files\/2014\/03\/blue-mortho-orchid1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-8962\" alt=\"blue mortho - orchid\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/85\/2014\/03\/blue-mortho-orchid1-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; From Studies in Truth by Roy Eugene Davis: &#8220;Replace Harmful and Non-useful Habits With Constructive and Useful Habits.\u00a0 Choose thoughts, emotions, behaviors, relationships, activities and environmental conditions that enhance your life and contribute to your total well-being. 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