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How Stay Positive in Trying Times

Staying positive is much better than focusing on the negative, but that is much easier said than done. If staying positive during adversity was easy, there wouldn’t be millions of dollars going to books, classes, special speakers, and the like regarding the subject. For most people, focusing on the good things that are happening is hard when so many other things are going wrong. It is challenging, but it’s not impossible. There are some things that you can try to focus on when things go wrong that could help you keep the proper perspective and avoid negativity. Focus on the facts One of the worst things you can do when things go wrong is to dwell on them. Usually, this leads to pessimistic thoughts, which in turn leads to more negativity. However, many times these are only thoughts and not really facts. Therefore, it’s important to separate facts from fiction and stick to the facts. Be Grateful When life takes a bad turn we tend to forget about all the good things in life we alre