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Bach Flower Remedies: Gentian And Pessimism

  The Bach flower remedy Gentian is, in its positive state, a supreme sense of faith – in God, in life, in self. However, in the negative state, it spells pessimism, negativity and the cup-half-empty...

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Do you choose optimism or pessimism?73

How Do We Cultivate Optimism?

How do we cultivate optimism when we have fallen prey to negative thinking? It is so easy to become filled with pessimism when our lives don’t go the way we expect them to. The problem with negative...

21 comments    self help positive thinking
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Staying Positive In A Negative World

It's hard for anyone to stay positive in this day and age. Negativity attacks us from every direction. The media seems to thrive on negative news. To them, good news in not news. When was the last time you...

13 comments    motivation self help confidence
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Life Gets You Down For a Reason: Optimism, Pessimism, and Realism

Just so we’re clear, the following are definitions from the Concise Oxford English Dictionary of the above topical words: An optimist- a person who is hopeful and confident of the future. A...

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Perfectionism...There's No Such Thing

Perfectionism is a belief that being perfect at all times can and should be attained. Anything less than perfect is unacceptable. Perfectionists have the constant feeling that nothing is ever right or good...

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HONORING DAD – Bridges for Success

After my Dad passed away five years ago, a friend of mine helped me through my grief by asking, “What did you learn from your Father?” It was a profound question enabling me to turn every memory into a...

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Aura color meaning of BROWN, GRAY and BLACK

THE BROWN GROUP: The brown group of astral colors represents desire for gain and accumulation, ranging from the clear brown of industrious accumulation, to the murky dull browns of miserliness, greed and...

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Optimism, Fate & Politics - Dr. Pangloss, I Presume?

"All's for the best in the best of all possible worlds". This was the maxim of Dr. Pangloss in Voltaire's political satire, Candide. But is there any truth in it?

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How cynism and pessimism will improve your life

 Some days I really get tired. Tired of seeing what is happening around me;frustrated people everywhere,complaining about how miserable their lives are ,and in a general way how much injustice has been...

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Oprah's Defensive Pessimism: Does More Harm than Good?

Oprah's segment about "defensive pessimism" seems like it would cause more harm than good if exercised on a regular basis.   When I became an adult, I quickly realized the consequences of letting "things...

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