too much positive thinking?

Too much Positive thinking,

Can there be an overdose of positive thinking?  The answer to that is No, there is no such thing as too much positive thinking. The right question to ask here is:  Can one slide his mind into denial instead of positive thinking? The answer to that is yes, there is a thin line between the two.             

Throughout the years I met many who tried the positive thinking theory, most of those who failed had a similar symptom. Often they will not be willing to listen to others advice. They were pretty sure they got it together and that what they doing will work out. I will have to watch them silently, as they deliver themselves into a world of denial which clean on to their emotions and create a not so positive situation. For example:

 a friend of mine overstayed his visa, he wanted very much to get a new visa and maid up in his mind that he will create the situation he will think positively, he will create a situation just like the book the secret describe the outcome without a doubt will be desirable. And so my friend applied for different jobs asking them to sponsor him but was offered none of the positions. At some point my friend did not share his thoughts and activities, he didn’t want anyone to shine a different light on the situation and risk the possibility of a negative thought entering his perfect little world of positive thinking. My friend had put a deadline on the whole visa project and booked a return ticket from Australia to the UK.

The day has come for my friend to get on the plan, he left behind most of his belonging and even organised a place to stay on his return, it was all part of his positive thinking project.  Two weeks later I got a phone call, he wasn’t allowed back in Australia for the next seven years!  He thought that positive thinking does not work,I said: 'you were in denial'. He was even in a denial about the denial. He won’t be trying positive thinking again anytime soon.     

If you doing what my friend did you are not practicing positive thinking you are creating a denial in your own head you are been unrealistic. What is the different? You ask, let’s take the above situation a positive thinking would be more like this:

Yes I over stayed my visa and yes there is a strong possibility that I will not be allowed back in. But I have had a great experience; I will take what I have learned with me. I will do my best to fix the situation and if it all fails surly another door will open. A negative thought will something like this: I am going to be in so much trouble I hate the UK what am I going to do? I have wasted so many years in Australia and for what?   

With the example above I hope I answer some of your questions. A positive mind doesn’t necessarily mean problem free life but it removes the blinds of negativity and allows you to see that even though some things didn’t work out there are other doors who will open. For every end has a beginning, it really does!

Another important point to consider is repetition, if you are hopping for something different to happen take a different course of action. If you take a left turn every day or your life you will end up on the left side every day of your life were the same trees grow and the same wind blow. if you want to go in a different direction try taking the right turn for a change, and even thought you don’t know where it leads too, it will take you somewhere you never been to before, if you keep your mind open you will find that doors did open.