Staying positive does not mean that things will turn out okay. Rather it is knowing that you will be okay no matter how things turn out. —Garth Ennis

 

  

Embracing Resilience: The True Essence of Positivity

 

By Olivia Salter

 

In a world that often equates a positive outlook with guaranteed success, the words of Garth Ennis serve as a profound reminder of what it truly means to stay positive. “Staying positive does not mean that things will turn out okay. Rather it is knowing that you will be okay no matter how things turn out.” This statement isn’t just a quote; it’s a philosophy, a mindset that can significantly alter our approach to life’s challenges.

The Misconception of Positivity

Many of us have been conditioned to believe that positivity is a magic potion that leads to favorable outcomes. We’re told that if we just stay positive, everything will work out in the end. However, this belief sets many up for disappointment when reality doesn’t align with their expectations. Positivity, in this sense, becomes a fragile concept, easily shattered by the unpredictability of life.

The Reality of Positivity

Garth Ennis’s perspective shifts the narrative from a focus on outcomes to a focus on inner strength. True positivity is not about ensuring a perfect outcome; it’s about cultivating an inner resilience that allows us to remain steadfast, regardless of the circumstances. It’s about developing a core of steel that isn’t swayed by the storms of life.

The Power of Acceptance

At the heart of this form of positivity is acceptance. Acceptance doesn’t mean resignation or giving up on goals and dreams. Instead, it’s about acknowledging the reality of a situation and understanding that some factors are beyond our control. When we embrace acceptance, we free ourselves from the burden of needing things to go a certain way to feel okay.

The Role of Positivity in Adversity

When faced with adversity, a genuinely positive person doesn’t waste energy on denial or despair. They acknowledge the challenge, allow themselves to feel the full range of emotions, and then use their positivity as a tool to navigate through the difficulty. This approach doesn’t guarantee a solution, but it does guarantee personal growth and a sense of peace, regardless of the outcome.

 

In conclusion, Garth Ennis’s quote is a call to redefine positivity. It’s an invitation to build an unshakeable foundation within ourselves that can withstand any outcome. By doing so, we don’t just stay positive; we become resilient, adaptable, and truly at peace. And in this state, we find that we are okay, no matter how things turn out.

This philosophy of positivity isn’t just a way to handle the ups and downs of life; it’s a transformative approach that can lead to a more fulfilling and grounded existence. It’s a reminder that our well-being doesn’t hinge on the external but is rooted in the strength and serenity we cultivate within.

Growing Younger

As one lets only love and kindness pour forth from his heart and his mind he learns to hold himself in the great stream of God's concentrated love and will receive the life more abundant and will be restored to beauty, both of form and feature.

Love is Life! One can become that love as he permits it to flow out through his being to enfold the world and every living thing upon it. In this outpouring love one's own soul is the first to receive of its healing, maturing, glorifying powers of renewal and quickening. Next the physical body will be enhanced as one is rewarded openly for his own inner communion. Then it is that this love, in expanding and increasing grandeur and power, will flow out through his heart to help heal and bless a world.

The love of God holds within its potential powers the power to "lift" and exalt not only one's face but every condition. This love is brought forth through man's own thinking and "feeling" vibrations and activities. As one's thinking is exalted the face will be lifted to assume the loveliness and beauty of his thoughts.

As one steps into the "Life More Abundant", by his exalted vision, the lower laws of mortal, negative thinking will be replaced by the love and power of divine thinking. The body will become the holy instrument through which the soul operates as the love of God is released in ever increasing beauty to fill the entire being of man. Then the whole body becomes enhanced, beautified, invigorated, renewed and glorified. The physical part of man, the mortal flesh, assumes the powers of the Spirit as he becomes alive to "STAND FORTH' in the power of God - to be fulfilled! This is man's destiny and his true heritage.

As one travels this higher road of light he will soon realize that he is traveling in the Spirit. He has left the heavy task-master behind, mammon. The very earth has lost all hold upon him. He is free! Forever and forever abundantly, beautifully free! It is then one realizes that never again can he relapse or return to the caverned, dismal darkness of mortal thinking and existing. He has learned to think only the most beautiful things possible and has thereby entered a realm of sheer, exquisite beauty, of joy and gladness and everlasting, increasing power. He is abiding in the life more abundant, vibrant, exotic, eternal!

Excerpt from the book Celestial Song of Creation

 

 

Motivational: Grandma and the Cake

 

 A little boy is telling his Grandma how "everything" is going wrong: school, family problems, and severe health problems in the family. Meanwhile, Grandma is baking a cake. She asks her grandson if he would like a snack, which of course he does.

"Here, have some cooking oil," she says. "Yuck" says the boy.

"Then how about a couple raw eggs?"

"Gross, Grandma!" he replies.

"Would you prefer some flour then? Or maybe some baking soda?" she asks.

"Grandma, those are all yucky!" he replied. To which Grandma replies:

"Yes, all those things seem to taste bad all by themselves. But when they are mixed together in the right amounts and the right manner, they make a delicious cake!"

God works the same way. Many times we wonder why he would let us go through such bad and difficult times. But God knows that when he puts these things all in His order, they always work for good! We just have to trust Him and, eventually, they will all make something wonderful!

God is crazy about you. If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it. If He had a wallet, your photo would be in it. He sends you flowers every spring and a sunrise every morning. When you want to talk, He'll listen. He can live anywhere in the universe, and He chose your heart. And what about the Christmas gift He sent you in Bethlehem? Face it, He's crazy about you.

Send this on to the people you really care about. Every beginning comes from some other beginning's end.

May your week be blessed in many special ways .