Saturday, January 17, 2009

Getting Things Done By Unleashing Your Anger

There is a lot of talk about using the power of “positive
thinking” in order to get what you want out of life. The general
consensus is that the more you keep your mind tuned to your
Personal Positive Network, the faster you will attain the things
that you want in life.
That is all very true. However, is it the ONLY path?
As humans, we realize that something in our lives is good
because we compare it to something bad. We know what a full
stomach feels like because we know what it is like to be hungry.
We know what a white shirt looks like because we compare it to a
black shirt. We perceive “good” in the world by comparing it to
our perception of “evil”.
The human existence is one of contrast – we experience things
as being either pleasurable or not so pleasurable based on our
perception of the opposite of that thing. Without contrast there
can be no good or bad, there can be no right and wrong, and
there can be no black and white.
If you think of happiness as a positive emotion, then you must
also have experienced sadness. If you think of money as being
something that makes you happy, then you must have realized what
it is like to not have enough of it. If you think of perfect
health and weight loss as being keys to your joy, then you must
also have the knowledge of what it means to be overweight or
unhealthy.
So, bearing all of that in mind, if we are supposed to attain
our goals in life by positive thinking, a question is then
raised about what happens to everything that we don’t perceive
as “positive”.
Based on the fact that we experience positive things by
comparing them to what we perceive as negative, then the fact
remains that the negative things MUST exist. They have to be
“out there” somewhere, or else we wouldn’t have anything to
judge our positive feelings and experiences on.
Let’s jump ahead to a time in your life when you will
experience some of that negativity. It’s bound to happen
eventually, if you’re not already dealing with it frequently.
Eventually you will have something that – no matter how hard you
try – brings about a negative reaction or situation in your
life.
If you are truly skilled in the art of positive thinking, then
these circumstance will be rare, and they will pass quickly.
However, the fact remains that regardless of how much of a
positive person you are, there will come a time when you have to
deal with something that you consider to be negative.
In a classic state of irony if one ever existed, it is possible
for you to USE that negativity to achieve a positive result!
Here are 3 examples:
1) Mental – If something bad happens to you or becomes a factor
in your life, you can embrace that negativity as a reminder of
what you DON’T want in your life. If that negativity is brought
about by a bad relationship, then embrace the fact that you will
never be in that kind of relationship again because you now know
what you DON’T want. You can take positive steps towards making
sure that your next relationship has none of the negative
aspects of the previous one. That same concept could be applied
to almost any negative situation that affects you mentally.
2) Physical – When you are upset about something – especially
angry or frustrated –then exercise! Pound out your frustrations
on the treadmill or weight training floor. Take a kickboxing
class or use a punching bag. Go hit the sidewalk and see if you
can break your personal land-speed record for the 2-mile run. In
a nutshell, use your negative emotions as POWER to juice up a
great workout. The positive side effects are that you will feel
much better after your brain releases the exercise-induced
endorphins, and you will also be more calm when you return home
or to work where the negativity was introduced to you in the
first place. Also, you get to be more healthy!
3) Task List – Using the same example as when you exercise,
take that bottled up negative energy and explode it onto the
things that you have to get done in life. You would be amazed at
how fast you can clean your house from top to bottom when
properly motivated, or how quickly you can knock task after task
off of your to-do list when you are screaming around with the
power and the speed of a freight train behind you!
None of the words in this article are meant to imply that you
should try to find negativity in your life just so you can
energize your personal output. You should also not focus on your
negativity and use it’s power as a “crutch” to get through life
or to stay on top of your responsibilities.
No, as this article started out saying, being positive IS the
way to go, and you can use the power of positivity to literally
build the life of your dreams.
However, when life throws you a curve ball and you have no
choice but to deal with negativity, then turn it into a positive
thing by doing something good with it!

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