Stress management

I heard today that 75 percent of our thoughts are negative. I found it hard to believe, so I did my research. Supposedly we have between 45,000 to 51,000 thoughts a day and about three-fourths of them are not good. Someone has even figured out that if you live to be 40, you would have had more than half a billion negative thoughts. Come on, could this be true of EVERY person on the planet? If so, it's amazing we get anything done.

Regardless what exact percentage of our thinking falls in the valley of despair, the Mayo Clinic says that positive thinking is a key element for managing stress and overall better health. The experts believe the only way to override pessimism is by putting a positive spin on your self-speak. So for example if you feel you don't have the resources to get something done, you could do your own damage-control by telling yourself that necessity is the mother of invention.

There's a verse in the bible that says: "...whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy--meditate [think] on these things." (Philippians 4:8).

Here's to the power of positive thinking!