Learning to Find the Good In Life is Key to Your Success.
How often do you wish you could constantly look on the bright side of things and find happiness wherever you look?
Probably a lot, right?
As humans, we love to be happy, yet at the same time we are constantly tuned into the negative around us so it can be hard to keep a smile on.
I know it’s hard to believe that simply being optimistic has the power to change your life.
But if we can break away from our cycles of cynicism and doubt and look at all of the good around us for even a moment, we’ll find that we have more than enough inspiration and creativity to focus on living a better, more positive life.
So how do we do that?
Before we can change our mindsets to embrace optimism, we need to train our minds to focus and revel in all of the good that’s around us. Only then can we begin to make room in our lives for a positive growth mindset which will then create a whole new world of opportunities and magic for us to discover.
What Being an Optimist Really Means
In his book Man’s Search for Meaning, Victor Frankl recounts his harrowing tale of being forced into a concentration camp during his time living in Nazi-occupied Europe.
As Frankl recounts in his book, the conditions he and his fellow prisoners found themselves in were miserable beyond belief.
Some days Frankl would be forced to walk miles in dirt and rocks — sometimes even in conditions of extreme cold — in order to get to their designated work station for the day. Even if they had their own pair of shoes, the camp officers forced them to wear whatever they could find, which were usually broken ones that barely fit their feet or had gaping holes at the bottom of their soles.
After a time, many of the men in the camps began to lose the physical sensations in their feet through frostbite or other means. And even when they did get to rest for the night, the workers were forced to sleep on broken mattresses, huddled next to each other for whatever warmth they could find.
For many, the physical pain quickly became psychological and life became unbearable. But despite it all, Frankl wouldn’t quit.
Yet how could he hold up such a brave face in such terrible times?