Magic happens when you make room for hope

From being at the very top of his profession, fate stepped in and took everything away. Most people would give up at this stage and ask: “Why me.” But Christopher Reeve was made of stronger stuff – like his stage persona, he was a super person - and never gave up hope of finding a cure, never gave up that things would get better and never gave up on friends and family.

He died in 2004, still unable to walk but hope is what kept him going and as a result of some game changing stuff by doctors, we are now seeing huge advances in the way we treat paralysis and similar injuries. Hope can move mountains, hope can make the vital changes that you need to make in your life and hope is the promise of a brighter future.

A lot of people obviously agree because the poster that illustrates this particular blog and bears Christopher Reeves’ name is one of our top sellers. I am told that this has helped to inspire those with terminal illnesses and I believe it has been the inspiration that others need to turn their lives around.

If you are a person without hope right now, then life is going to appear bleak. You will also be carrying all of the other negatives that hang around you like a mill stone, when all hope has gone, such as anger, bitterness, depression – I am sure you can think of a few more if you are in this position, but I guess you get the idea.

Hope is the moment when you decide that things are going to get better, but first you need to get rid of those negatives and start rebuilding your life before you can develop that ray of hope into the game changer you so richly deserve.

It could be that right now you cannot think of a single positive thing to lift you from your current pit of despair – hope is possibly something you have already given up on, but unless you can make room for it to come into your life, then things are unlikely to improve.

Making room means getting realistic. Anger and bitterness will not change one single aspect of your life – if anything it will simply attract more of the same – because that’s how the Universe works when you focus on one thing.

Anger and bitterness is preventing you from thinking straight. They are not allowing you to look for solutions or other possibilities for change so ditch them now – they are not helping your cause. You will, of course, at this stage of the process still be left with depression and anxiety, but you would have made room for something better - and that is all that hope needs.

Hope will allow you to visualise and imagine how things could be. It will enable you to focus on the changes that you need to make in your life and most importantly, it will identify the actions that you need to take to turn that hope into reality.

That is the real basis of Powerful Positive Thinking – thought, plus common sense, plus action – and it equals power. It is everything you need to leave that dark place and finally return to the light that you and everyone else deserves.

Before moving on, let’s have a quick reality check. Right now you could be thinking - it is easy for him to tell me what needs to be done – but he wants to stand in my shoes for a day and see how easy it is to change a life.

The answer to this is simple because only you can change your life – no one else can. You can listen to as much advice and guidance as you want, but until you are ready to take action and make those needed improvements, then nothing will ever alter.

So the choice is yours. You can choose misery, anger, bitterness, depression and anxiety or you can make room for a little hope to enter your life. It might be a long process but every journey has a beginning and it is just waiting for you to press the start button.

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Positive thinking and why it is OK to be anxious

Positive thinking can really only work if you apply loads of common sense and are prepared to take action. I make the point again and again on my website, but there are still many out there who feel that all you have to do is to control your thoughts and the Universe will take care of the rest.

Sorry to disappoint, especially if you have been reading all these self-help books that claim you can work miracles simply by visualising and imagining what you want. Constant daily affirmations might also have their place but only if you apply them properly to your own personal circumstances.

So is positive thinking just a load of nonsense? Of course not and when used properly it can be one of the most powerful tools imaginable and the has the ability to attract good things and change lives for the better.

So what are we really talking about here?  It goes wrong because there are many people who become so focussed on trying to be positive that they begin to lose sight of reality. If things are starting to go wrong in your life then you have to decide what’s causing it and be prepared to take action.

That’s what I mean by combining positive thinking with common sense and a little bit of motivation. By all means imagine and visualise the best possible outcomes in everything you do. This helps to create a pathway towards achieving what you want in life, but there will always be setbacks and the usual bumps in the road.

You cannot ignore these negative times. They need to be looked at realistically and action needs to be taken to ensure that you get back on course to achieve those life goals. Yes, keep focussing on the positive, but not to the detriment of everything else.

These bumps and negative periods will make you feel anxious or sad. Accept them for what they are, acknowledge your feelings but be sure that they will pass just as soon as you have addressed the problems you are now facing.

A good analogy is NASA’s attempt to land a man on the moon. They never lost sight of the objective, the scientists always felt sure that they would succeed, but for around 98% of the time they were getting everything wrong.

Life is a bit like that. You decide what you want, you embrace positive thinking and then, for no apparent reasons, it all begins to go **** up. That’s the Universe telling you that you might want to rethink the original idea and correct the bugs in the system.

This could apply to relationships, launching a new business, starting a new career. Be positive that you will succeed but keep your mind open that anything new is a learning curve and you might just need a little more time to get things right.

While this is happening it might be difficult to remain positive because the problems you are facing might be life changing so it is OK to be worried or anxious and that’s when you need to take action based on common sense decisions.

You will need a strategy that ensures you will still deliver your objectives just as soon as you have ironed out some of the challenges – and you will do just that and most importantly you will learn from the experience which will give you a greater chance of long term success.

It means that you will be in control of your actions and your thoughts and you will be better equipped to deal with disappointments and you will ultimately learn how to remain positive even during periods of adversity.

Now that is really what powerful positive thinking is about – positive thinking, common sense and action and when combined it equates to real power – are you ready to embrace it?

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