Positive Thinking

not sure where this belongs, but there was a law of attraction thread in here, so here goes...

Having witnessed the 2 most fearsomely positive people I know die horribly with cancer I am wondering about this positive thinking stuff. One of of the most nasty negative evil persons to walk the earth (with no good word for anyone who does not believe his bullshit) is enormously successful and popular. It's not making sense to me.

Although I get the fact that Nasty Evil Psycho Person thinks nothing but positive things about himself. He is never wrong and anyone who doesn't worship him is an idiot. Is this the type of positive thinking that really gets results?

Can a "normal" person thinking positive thoughts get results?
I know if I think "this is really cool" that thought occupies the space in my head that was maybe thinking "oh - I don't really like this" but can thinking nothing but positively actually turn things around?

Has anyone had success with it?

I think of all the lotto people - they don't buy a ticket thinking "oh I will never win - I must buy a ticket." They are thinking positively about that new car/boat/house. And most of them don't win.

I am going through a fairly miserable time at the mo and am getting a little mantra happening "I am Rnap and I am xxx and I am yyy and I am marrying zzzz" (because if I understand correctly you have to feel the good thing like it is actually happening and not just be thinking about it as a possibility in the future.) Of course this produces a huge smile and good vibrations, but is that enough to bring it home?
Have I just gone bonkers and am one step away from joining the purple tie-dyed muu-muu and crystal set?

Thanks M.

The two girls that died weren't just wishful thinking, they were friggin going to beat it.
I am just wondering aloud/e-wondering if being positive makes a difference of if it just deluding oneself in the face of really shitty circumstances.....which translates to me as refusing to look facts in the face. Which never help.

doesn't really matter I guess. thanks for listening🙂

I read a pretty good study about people dying of cancer or who had actually died of cancer. The study was to gauge if positive thinking changed the course of their disease. Part of that answer was, No, the course of the disease was not significantly changed with positive thinking.

As a side finding of this study however was a rather interesting thing. The people who had positive thinking had a much higher quality of life, albeit no longer, than those who were negative. All died pretty much on schedule, you see. But, the positive folks lived a much more full, if not actually happy existence while alive. There I do believe is the real answer. We all have hard times, we will all die. We can be miserable jerks and whine about it, or we can go for the gusto and live a happier, more fulfilling life.

How about them apples RNAP?

btw

Don't make me come over there and head butt you!!!!
I have been studying your technique for a while now, and I am dying to see if I got it right!!!!

Posted by impresswho

RNAP your prince charming is right around the corner 😉, so hang in there hon. 😄

I really hate when people say that. You don't know that and you are an Aries telling me that.
Double headbutt with chocolate topping and sprinkles.

dofacc have you dusted off your INXS collection? I started creating a dofacc playlist for you but haven't sent it in case you think I am a nut or something.
I currently live under the misconception that you all think I am perfectly normal🙂

TO ALL
YOU MUST REMEMBER
SOME CAUSE HAPPINESS WHEREVER THEY GO (POS)

OTHERS, WHENEVER THEY GO THE (NEGs)

Oscar Wilde

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RNAP your prince charming is right around the corner 😉, so hang in there hon. 😄

I really hate when people say that. You don't know that and you are an Aries telling me that.
Double headbutt with chocolate topping and sprinkles.

Well excuuuuse me. I won't ever tell you that again. Blah to you too...head-butt back at ya young lady.

Hugs and plenty kisses for your friends that passed. I have worked with cancer patients for the last 13 years and its heart breaking. 😢

On that note, would you settle for a king since you're not feeling the prince charming, lol? 😛

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Thanks for being my Wing Ram!! I know you were just saying that to make me feel better, and that is really nice of you but I don't want to fall into wishful thinking. Need to keep it real.
I am in a bad place and don't want to keep disappointing myself with false hopes.

I am gonna climb out of my tree and hug you if you aren't careful😉

Friggin cancer moon. It's all his fault. I hate it.
I am going to put it on Craigs List and see if I can't trade it in for a nice Taurus.

Yuck.....

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Yuck.....

Oh really?

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girly feelings.....ewwwwwe

I believe that there's someone for everyone,I also believe that positive thinking does work and vise versa.I have a cousin in miami florida that has a black cloud on him all the time.I guess it's becouse he has done bad things and they have come to bite him in the ass.But your romeo will come when the time is right. This comes from a bull.

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I believe that there's someone for everyone,I also believe that positive thinking does work and vise versa.I have a cousin in miami florida that has a black cloud on him all the time.I guess it's becouse he has done bad things and they have come to bite him in the ass.But your romeo will come when the time is right. This comes from a bull.

LOL at the Bull.

Nice bull. Happy Thanksgiving.

Glad everyone switches to turkeys this time of year - give the rest of the animal kingdom a bit of respite🙂

You hitted wright on the head Mr.nice aries.Respite,what do you know about that buddy.

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You hitted wright on the head Mr.nice aries.Respite,what do you know about that buddy.

Respite - like for a cancer patient? Yup. I stayed with her there til the end.

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You hitted wright on the head Mr.nice aries.Respite,what do you know about that buddy.

or respite for animals? That's a pet subject of mine (no pun intended)