*POSITIVE - also see GOOD, KNOWLEDGE, FAITH
Antonyms: NEGATIVE, EVIL, IGNORANCE, DOUBT
A positive thinker says "the devil is always on the job."
We become healthier when we make positive choices, bringing beauty, order, goodness, and joy to our lives. A teacher in an inner city elementary school found that fresh flowers, artwork, and classical music awakened a new cycle of self-esteem in students and they kept their desks and classroom more orderly and paid more attention to their work. The peace and tranquility of a simple, well-ordered room with the sun shining in the windows restores our soul. (Tao Peace, p174)
Positive thinking: The Little Engine That Could - I know you can, I know you can (p154). I Can't RIP (p159). You can do anything if you put your focus on how to do it rather than on why you can't (p163). It's the law of averages, somebody is going to say "yes" (p166). Ask, Ask, Ask! Many people fail before they even begin because they fail to ask for what they want (169). They taught her about imaging - about seeing herself walking (p171). I x V = R Principle. Imagination mixed with Vividness becomes Reality. "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he (Prov 23:7)" (p188). It's a slip and not a fall - Abraham Lincoln (p237). To see things in the seed, that is genius - Lao-tzu (p242). You can't do everything - it's better to concentrate on what you can do (p251). Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him - Aldous Huxley (p253). (Soup)