Optimism Leads to Happiness and Success

Mahatma Gandhi said, “Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end up becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if i may not have it at the beginning.”

To view the glass as being half full rather than half empty is an admirable quality. This kind of positive perspective is good for the mental and physical health of a person.

Positive outlook:

Optimism puts us in a positive orientation towards the future, which in turn affects our beliefs and behaviour. Optimists believe that their own actions result in positive things happening and that they are responsible for their own happiness and they can expect better things to happen in the future.

The greatest mystics and teachers, across the world, have told us that everything is energy. This has now been undeniably confirmed by modern science also that thoughts, too, are energy. While mind is static energy, thought is dynamic energy and its power is vibratory, formed by converting static into dynamic force.
Each time we entertain a specific thought, we emit a specific, corresponding frequency, an energy vibration. Like energy attracts like energy. We attract to ourselves those things and circumstances that are in vibrational harmony with dominant mental attitude, habitual thoughts and beliefs. The more energy we give to a particular thought, the greater its power to attract its corresponding circumstance into our physical world through the law of attraction.

The more powerful and optimistic your thought is, the more creative can be its effect. And more communication channels open up, lending greater clarity and effectiveness to all that you do. Thoughts can drive attitudes, actions and behaviours. We can use this powerful domino effect for empowerment, achievement, success, and self-actualisation. Therefore, replace unwanted thoughts with their positive equivalent.

Consciousness, pervading the entire universe, is omnipotent, omnipresent and omniscient. The mind is part of that one, universal, intelligent consciousness and since thoughts are products of consciousness, its power is limitless. The mind is also one with that single Source and this power within us makes anything possible, provided one accesses the Source by connecting inward.

Inner world:

“Circumstances do not make a man, they reveal him.” Everything that we perceive in the physical world has its origin in the invisible, inner world of our thoughts and beliefs. Every effect we see, hear and speak in our outside or physical world has a specific cause that has its origin in the inner or mental world. This is the essence of thought power.

Put another way, the conditions and circumstances of our lives are as a result of our collective thoughts and beliefs. Every aspect of our life, from the state of finances to the state of health, success, happiness and relationships, simply mirrors our thoughts and beliefs. Happiness is the most intrinsic human nature, and hope is a primary, learnt condition, which can lead to happiness. Optimism is a primary, cognitive condition that spawns hope. In turn, happiness seems to reinforce optimism, leading to a cycle of happy, hopeful and optimistic life.