Last year I ran a successful year-long program called Powered by Hope. The intent of the program is to help you follow your creative dreams by powering your spirit with hope! I am glad the program was so well received. This year, in addition to new posts, I will also be sharing a few of the best posts from the program. From now until the end of 2015, you will receive a minimum of two posts a month focused on hope. I hope you will enjoy them and that they will inspire you to follow your dreams!

ATTITUDE 

Ah, my favorite topic. I get regular emails from readers saying that I am too positive. This always makes me laugh. What is too positive? Would they rather read bad news? Would they rather I tell them all that is wrong with this world? Well, there are already so many people doing that and doing it well. Turn to any news channel, any news website, any blogger talking about politics, current events, and it is all there to read.

I try not to be Pollyanna but I found that if I am not positive, nothing that I am working on gets done. I make worrying about things an art form! I could worry about anything for any length of time (and sometimes I still do). But what I am finding more and more is that the worry does nothing except make me feel ill, both physically and mentally. What works better for me is to have a positive attitude with a focus that good things are coming and I just have to happily keep working towards them. Whether or not the good things come then becomes moot because I am happy in my journey—and that is the point.

Are you a glass half full or a glass half empty person? What works for you? Why?

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