Always Be Positive

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* Always Be Positive*

 

 

There are two ways of approaching life. One is diffidence, lack of

confidence, negativity: "I don't think I can. It's too difficult. I can't."

Another way is: "I can. Whether I can or can't, how can I say unless I first

of all try? Then only I can know whether I can or can't." So to come to a

foregone conclusion that I can't is not rational. It is irrational. "Let me

give it a fair trial. I will try my best." And if after trying your very

best, you do not succeed in attaining the objective, I can assure you, you

have not failed. Success may not be yours, but you have succeeded. You have

fulfilled a human being's duty.

 

Because you are made in the image of God, you are not a bundle of

negativity. God is all that is positive, all that is auspicious, good and

beautiful. There is no negativity in God, and you are made in His image. You

have potential for all that is positive and positive only. You should not

belie your divine nature. At every step, in all things, your life should

prove your divine nature.

 

Therefore it behooves you to always take a positive attitude towards life.

Always have a positive view of things, not a negative one. Have a positive

attitude towards life, and in your daily life always move forward by taking

a positive approach to life, never a negative approach. Then your heart is

in the state that the poet implied when he said, "Heart within and God

overhead."

 

And it is for such a heart that we should pray to Lord Karthikeyan or Skanda

Bhagavan: "I have full trust that You will be my leader, that Your grace

will be my guiding force and a leading light in my life day by day. So, with

Your help there is nothing that I cannot do. With Your help, O Lord, all

things are possible for me. And I will take Your help for granted because

You are grace. You are love and compassion. You are ever ready to bestow

Your grace upon all sincere seeking *sadhakas*. Being certain of this, I

shall strive, having full trust that You will help where help is needed."

 

Therefore, of the two attitudes, a positive and negative attitude towards

life, of the two approaches, a positive and negative approach to life, and

of the two ways of viewing things, a positive and negative view towards all

things, the wise *sadhaka* always takes the positive approach—which is the

right approach—and never takes the negative approach which is the wrong

approach.

 

Hope is a divine quality. Determination is a divine quality. It is a

manifestation of *sakti*. Therefore, it is our duty to ourselves and to God

to always keep our interior in a positive state. It is our duty to always

take a positive view of things. It is our duty to always take a positive

approach towards life, and it is our duty to always move forward keeping in

our heart a positive attitude towards life and actions. This is the right

attitude, and this you must adopt. And this will help you to succeed in your

life!

 

Taken from writtings of Sri Swami Chidananda

 

Regards

 

Prasanna Kumar