What are your thoughts like? Do you notice when your mindset is fixed in darkness or negativity? Can you tell when you might benefit from checking your thoughts and noticing whether they are based in reality and are helpful or not?
It takes a lot of focus to steel yourself away from negative thoughts and replace those thoughts with a healthy perspective. Doing so however, will help foster a growth mindset, i.e. a mindset that helps you see possibilities in your life instead of defeat. Some call this resilience.
By focusing on a growth mindset, we dismiss unhelpful thinking and can free ourselves to find solutions to problems. We are free to create a new reality instead of falling into the same old patterns of frustration and self doubt.
So many thoughts rush in and out of our heads all day (and night) long. It takes slowing down and being mindful (oh, yeah--that again) to realize the quality of our thoughts. It takes wisdom to objectively evaluate those thoughts and observe whether they are fixed in absolutes (always/never) OR whether it's possible to shift the mindset to being more open and positive. It will feel different, in a good way, and it will enable us to move forward instead of staying stuck in old patterns.
No matter how young or old, we can all benefit from challenging negativity with positivity. Let no one--including yourself, stand in the way of your progress and potential. See where it might take you.
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