The Power of Positive Thinking

I was once on a business trip in Frankfurt and was standing in line to get a taxi when two people passed by and I overheard how the one was saying to the other " There is one thing I have figured out in the meantime, sometimes a lot is put on your plate, but life has its ways that you will never be given more than you can handle." I thought to myself that this sums up my thinking pretty well. What I would add though, through all the joy as well as pain that life brings your way, you have a perfect opportunity to heal yourself and your environment and take a step closer to your center of wholeness in the process. 

Don't hope that as a spiritual path traveler your personal agenda will always be satisfied, after all, you are here to learn that you are not your agenda. Yet, the power of positive thinking is that every cloud has a silver lining if you so chose. Life hands out problems that allow you to define and find yourself.The power of positive thinking I live by is that everything is just perfect as is - let the flow of life happen as it does. There is very little for you to do, just compliment, mentor, heal and love the people who surround you and and everything will be delivered to you on a silver platter. And if a problem comes your way, try to see it as a stepping stone to the next spiritual level.

How can you even say which development is good and which is bad?A CEO of a large Fortune 500 company said that his worst mistake was that he once hired an alcoholic for a key position early in his career. When he realized that he made a mistake he immediately did what he could to have him removed from this position. What seemed like a costly error then, may in hindsight have been the reason why he got the CEO job. The upper management was impressed with the way how he handled the situation and how he fessed up and corrected it.

A spiritual path gives you mojo, joy and peace of mind. Like the traveler in the famous Psalm 23, you feel you are equipped to handle any situation life throws at you whether you travel in the sun or the valley of darkness. This attitude is not a religion, it is an experiment. See if it works for you as well. In my experience, the Tao invites you to show up for life, and if you do, will demonstrate over over and over again that everything that comes your way is a chance to heal, transcend and discovering your spiritual core. In that world, why shouldn't you be positive?