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Positive Thinking

Your belief (or lack of) doesn't have to dictate your positive thinking capabilities. It seems that once you start requesting proof of everything, going as far as refusing to answer a simple "do you believe in this" question (without some proof), your mind starts spiraling into a somewhat pessimistic outlook on life.

It came to the point that my inner-voice would break down everything that anyone said to me into simple philosophical questions: does this question violate any fallacies? Should I even answer such a question?

When you get consumed by questions like that, your mind (or at least mine) seems to slowly stray away from happiness in general.

I read an article not too long ago on a scientific study that stated how a person's brain will actually look different if they just though positively for at least 2 weeks. I decided to give it a try. I constantly listened to music, watched stand-up comedy and pushed negative and even neutral thoughts out of my head. And wow does it feel better.

I still question everything and dissect all conversations but now I think about what this person must be going through or how he or she must have been raised. After I determine a conclusion, it seems that whatever they're saying makes a lot of sense from their perspective and I seem to get internally aggravated significantly less.

I follow that up with some music and stand up comedy and I feel great.

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