Switching from negative to positive thoughts

It's most common to fall prey to negative thinking. 

You may experience this periodically throughout your life. Instantaneously your mind catches up with some negative thought and travels far away. The whole process plays out like a threatening movie in your mind, and not only leaves you with a lot of pain and stress but sucks your peace and happiness for no reason.
Negative thinking drains your energy and keeps you away from enjoying your present moment.

Here are a few techniques that you can practice easily and keep yourself away from negative thinking.

 1) Practising mindfulness meditation

By practising mindfulness meditation, slowly you will learn how to stay calm and peaceful by not getting carried away on the thoughts of your diverse mind. Let thought come and go, they don't have powers unless you ride on them or you react on them.

2) Consciously notice the negative thought and quickly shift to positive thought

Whenever you will notice that you are not in the presence and your mind is carried away by negative thought, quickly understand and accept that your mind is in a negative state. Understand that this is not the reality, these are just thoughts. Once you notice this, quickly instruct your mind to shift to some constructive thinking such as planning your day, week. Listing important activities you have to do.

3) Remember quickly about a few blessings you have

At any given circumstances and situations understand that there are some good things also in your life. Ask your mind to remember three good things/ blessings in your life, and being grateful about them. This is the best way to quickly shift your mind from negative to positive.

4) Wake up with positive inspiration and motive and pursue it.

In the long run, you must know that the person living a purposeful life with good motive and inspiration will be away from negative thinking most of the time. Because his or her purpose will always try to put him or her into a positive thinking and a positive action. So try to wake up with good motive and inspiration for the day.

5) Get into a few funny communications every day.

Have fun in your life. Don't live life seriously. Try to celebrate, try to make jokes a few times in a day. Make phone calls to funny people or initiate some funny communication with fun-loving friends and make sure that you get a few moments of laughter every day.

6) Stop victimizing yourself

This life is amazing. You are good. You have good things in your life. Look at the positive side. You are here to create something good. And you will get fair opportunities. Never victimize yourself. Don't compare yourself with others. Do what you like. Have a purpose, your own purpose. Pursue your dream. Start now and start with what you have.

7) Do something good to someone without expectations

See what you can do good to others without expectations. A small act of kindness. See how you can help others without expectations, for making their lives better and beautiful. Believe me, nothing is a waste. Spiritual laws say what you sow is what you reap. Everything you do is going to come back to you. And more than that this goodness will definitely keep you away from negative thinking.

8) Practice gratitude attitude

Have a practice of appreciating good things in your life. If someone does something good to you appreciate and thank that person. If someone thanks you or appreciates you accept it gracefully. Receiving thanks is an art. Grateful people are happy people they can easily keep them self away from negative thinking.