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If things are not “looking up”, change the way you see them.

babyVery recently, a poet named Chanie Gorkin wrote a very interesting and inspiring poem. The poem went viral on the net, unfortunately without attribution to Chanie.

 

 

Here it is..

Today was the absolute worst day ever
And don’t try to convince me that
There’s something good in every day
Because, when you take a closer look
This world is a pretty evil place
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The Carpathia

carpathiaThere were three ships which were nearby when the Titanic sunk.

One of them was known as the Sampson. It was 7 miles away from the Titanic and they saw the white flares signalling danger, but because the crew had been hunting seals illegally and didn’t want to be caught, they turned and went the opposite direction away from the Titanic. This ship represents us and people like us if we are so busy looking inward at our own sin and lives that we can’t recognize when someone else is in need.
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The Secret : Rhonda Byrne

secretIt’s been 9 years since the inspirational film “The Secret” and the book with the same title were released. The concepts from this internationally best-selling book (it was on the New York Times bestsellers list for 42 consecutive weeks and has sold more than 21 million copies!) have been accepted and adopted by millions of people worldwide.

Although the book seems have to been influenced by a number of earlier books that have been classics on the concept of positive thinking, what is great about “The Secret” is that it has packaged positive thinking as a Law – The Law of Attraction.
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Extreme Positive Thinking (EPT)

PositiveYour 5 year old kid throws a tantrum and refuses to go to school anymore. Your older son gets pathetic marks in 8 out of 9 subjects. The wash basin in your house starts leaking in the middle of a party. The household help bunks work for the fifth time in the month. The cabbies decide to go on strike. You drop your expensive phone into the kitchen sink. Your blood tests show your sugar levels rising. Your CEO implements a 15% pay-cut. You tear your trouser right at the bottom while jumping into the train. The house owner asks you abruptly to vacate your rented apartment. Your biggest client sacks you. You’re late for a meeting and a cop stops you for jumping signals. You tell yourself – something AWESOME is going to come out of this.

I agree this is crazy. It is irrational, outrageous. This is not a normal way of thinking. This is EPT. Extremely Positive Thinking.
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