Can Positive Thinking Get My Boyfriend Back?

The power of positive thinking is an amazing tool for accomplishing anything you want to do in life, including things like getting your boyfriend back. However, it takes more than just thinking to get something done. Positive thinking is the best place to begin, because the more positive you think about something, pushing down any negative thought that arises, the more confident you will feel and the better you will feel emotionally as well as physically.

Many people believe in the power of positive thinking and practice it daily. It is something that must be worked at until it becomes habit. When it finally becomes something that you do every day, automatically, life gets better. But there are some people who think it will work like magic. They believe that if they simply think positively about something long enough it will happen. But that's like trying to lift a book off the table by simply thinking about it. We all know, that book is not going to move until you put forth the physical effort to pick it up.

Positive thinking gets you in the right mindset to move forth physically and accomplish your goal, just as negative thinking will hinder your accomplishment of that goal. I like the story my dad used to tell about the effects of negative thinking. It goes something like this:

A man was driving down a country road and got a flat. When he opened his trunk he saw that he had no jack. He saw a farmhouse about a mile down the road so he began walking. As he started walking he was thinking positively. "That farmer will surely have a jack," he thought. The positive thinking gave him a spring in his step as he hurried along, happy that the house was only a mile away.

Eventually he started thinking negatively. "That farmer doesn't know me, so he probably won't loan me his jack." More negative thoughts came and he began to walk more slowly, and even thought of just turning around. By the time he reached the farmhouse and knocked on the door he was actually angry. When the farmer opened the door, the man just looked at him and said, "Take your jack and shove it!" then turned and walked away.

Just as negative thinking ruined that man's day, positive thinking can have the opposite effect. It gives you the attitude to get things done, even getting your boyfriend back.