Usually, our thought and emotion's level of positivity match, so when we're feeling negative, we're likely to be thinking negative things and when we're feeling positive, we're likely to be thinking positive things.

But we each have the ability to consciously choose what to think, although it seems for most of us it's rather weak simply due to it being untrained. It may feel unnatural to think positive things when we're feeling negative, but I'd encourage you to keep going.

Our emotion's level of positivity follow our thought's level of positivity upwards when we're thinking positive thoughts. In other words, how we feel must follow how we think- how we think can drag our emotion's energy level upwards so when feeling negative, think positive thoughts.

Of course, it's important to address the reason(s) for why we're feeling negative instead of just using positive-thinking to ignore them- otherwise we could miss out on solving an issue permanently.

What are the differences between negative and positive-thinking?

• Negative-thinking requires the belief that something unwanted will or might happen, while positive-thinking requires the belief that something wanted will or might happen.

Positive-Thinking Increases Resourcefulness

Positive-thinking opens the mind up to a multitude of rational solutions when faced with a problem since the emotion. Negative-thinking tends to produce fear, which tends to close the mind down and prevent rational thought, and in hopelessness, there seem to be no solutions at all.

For example, Barry moved to a new place and he wanted to make new friends. He was feeling negative about the situation because his experience of making new friends has been mostly negative, so it makes sense that he'd rather avoid the situation. "How much harder is it going to be as an adult?", he thought to himself. "What if I get rejected?".

To be continued...