Can One Be Positive?

Anyone who has gone through the SFT Awareness training will know that an important piece of the pain processing puzzle is the positive attitude. One day I was working with a student who was struggling with issues at work. This person said he would try to think positively when issues came up, but was having a hard time at that. I then asked him what it means to be positive. The student really could not give a straight answer, but neither could I. It was then I realized that it was impossible for one to be positive. The idea of a positive attitude is really too broad a concept to grasp mentally. This makes it difficult to come up with positive solutions when the term itself is not properly defined. That is why this attitude must be broken down into smaller steps. Read more