Positive thinking is a mental attitude that allows into the brain thoughts, words and pictures that are conductive to evolution, expansion and success. It's a mental attitude that anticipates great and favorable results. A positive mind anticipates happiness, joy, health and a successful result of every situation and action. Whatsoever the brain expects, it finds. Not everyone accepts or believes in positive thinking. Some consider the subject as merely nonsense, and others scoff at people who believe and accept it. Among the people who accept it, not a lot of understand how to use it effectively to get results. Yet, it seems that a lot of are becoming attracted to this subject, as evidenced by a lot of books, lectures and courses about it. This is a subject that's acquiring popularity. It's quite common to hear people say: "Think positive!” to someone who feels down and distressed. Most people don't take these words in earnest, as they don't know what they really mean, or don't think about them as useful and effective.

How many people do you know, who stop to think what the power of positive thinking entails? Consider particular events in your lifetime, and attempt to recall what mixture of thoughts you had, prior to a particular event occurring. Try to discover the affiliation between your thoughts and the events. How many times did something happen in your life and you stated: “I knew this was going to happen.”