You must weed your mind as you would weed your garden. – Astrid Alauda

Weeds in a garden can be incredibly pesky, persistent and destructive to the plants you do want to cultivate. Any good gardener knows that frequent weeding is necessary if you want to keep a clear area for healthy plants to grow to their fullest potential.

How similar this process is to the role of positive thinking in living a happy life! Just like a garden, your mind can easily and quickly become overrun by “weeds” in the form of negativity, impatience, jealousy, anger or inflexibility.

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By Tania Boutin

Have you ever wondered…..”Why can’t things just go easy for me?” How can we be happy when there is so much negativity out there? How do I become happy? Your happiness and unhappiness is created internally. How you feel by way of happiness, fulfillment, satisfaction is not a reflection of your success, failures or other external factors. Happiness and fulfillment is determined by your opinions and beliefs in your mind. Even your successes and perceived failures are your beliefs in your mind and that can be changed with circumstances and time.

Life is only what you make of it and you choose your happiness. Now you might be saying, “Well, I didn’t choose this or that to happen to me” all I can say to you is, yes you did! Maybe not consciously but the mind is such a wonderful powerful tool that your thoughts have brought you to where you are today.

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How many times have you experienced a setback in your life? If you’re like most people, it’s probably hundreds of times. Setbacks are a part of life, and there is no realistic way to avoid them. However, if we learn to find the hidden gem in every setback, we’ll be able to use them in productive ways.

Let’s take a look at some of your setbacks and see what can be done to shift your perception of them. First, make a list of every failure you can remember, no matter how insignificant it may be. If you started a diet and reverted back to eating donuts the next day, write it down. If you set a goal to make more money and ended up in further in debt, write that down.

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Do you ever find yourself getting stuck in negative thought patterns and expecting the worst possible outcome in every situation? It’s a common mind-set that proves difficult to change when you finally decide you’ve had enough. Unfortunately, negative thoughts tend to breed and multiply on their own – even when you’re not consciously trying to think negatively.

The good news is that turning a negative outlook into a positive one just takes a bit of patience and persistence until the positive thoughts begin to take over. Below you’ll find three simple steps to begin forming positive expectations on a daily basis:

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