How to stay positive?

Recently I have been through a very hard time where in my mother was very ill and I felt extremely painful for the same.During that time, I learnt and experienced the meaning of responsibility and maturity to a great extent.I gradually realised that these times are the ones which make us dig deeper into ourselves and explore beautiful potentials that we possess.So, these are the jackpots which make us land up into beautiful realities and beautiful explorations. This make us take things in a healthy and positive manner.

for me i remind myself of worse times i had.. and tell myself the worst have been over.. if one day i encountered something that is worse than my worst, i would tell myself at the very least i am still breathing. i still have a chance to change things, to improve for the better. there are also so many people in the world more unfortunate, some no place to stay, some no food to even survive...

I'm staying positive right now on my husband's full recovery. My motto in life is, "This, too, shall pass." It's true!

It is better to leave the things to the time. This is the best way of developing the quality of positiveness.

I have gone through pretty trying times with no light down the tunnel. I tell myself - this too will pass and it did all the time! siva

Keep on convincing yourself its the only way...lots of inspirational posts out there. Beatles song: Let it be

I'm too old not to be positive - can't waste days/weeks/months in a downer.

Sometimes, you get a soft-centre, yes... using the chocolate-box analogy, that is.

Try to find something to occupy yourself with that makes you feel positive.

For me, I tend to think positivity is somewhat over rated-by that I mean, if we try and just see the positive, on some level we will feel we are lying to ourselves (and we are!)-we need to consider things as they actually are, and then in a wellbalanced frame of mind we will be realists and that will be a much more healthy attitude. As you say, what one considers bad, is a matter of context and perspective-when we see that for what it is, then it often (not always) seems less bad. Also, a realistic approach allows us to deal with things in a way which may remedy them.

Positive and negative are faces of a coin. some time we can choose.. some times its tossed. Still you will get a second chance...

I see all the ways others have it worse....it helps me put things in perspective...like if they can live their life going through all that ..."manure"...i should be able to handle mine.

It's a bit hard to stay positive at hard times. Sometimes some even depend on others for it. What one can do by oneself is do something they love. Even the smallest things count. Like, listen to the song you like, go through your old happy memories if you like, watch few funny videos, pet any animal you see, etc. Whatever you like, go for it!

i totally agree with you sometimes you wish that it was all a dream.hard to stay positive especially at down times but i guess you just have to say i can do this and carry on...