Why Be An Optimist?

Mindfulness Mode

Bruce Langford

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness:alternative Health, Spirituality, Education

4.8 • 540 Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2022

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Why Be An Optimist is the question I ask of you today. Have you ever thought about this question? I believe there are many reasons to be an optimist, although I think many individuals may not feel they have a choice. In my opinion, you do have a choice as to whether you are seen as an optimist or a pessimist. This depends on you. Mindfulness can help you think differently and it can help you be seen differently by others. Today I am sharing 5 reasons why you will become more of an optimist as you grow your mindfulness practice. Listen & Subscribe on: iTunes / Stitcher / Podbean / Overcast / Spotify A Quote A Pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity;An Optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.– Sir Winston ChurchillNov 30 1874 – Jan 24, 1965 What are your thoughts about the above quote? Do you think that an optimist does indeed see opportunities in EVERY difficulty? Here are 5 reasons why I believe you will become more of an optimist as you grow your mindfulness practice. Life Is Valuable Living in the moment helps you realize that life is worth living. Once you discover that you can be content and grounded in this very moment, you realize that life can give you pleasure if you allow yourself to welcome mindfulness into your life. Positive Thoughts Feel Good Mindfulness helps you identify what you are thinking – once you do, you realize that positive thoughts feel good. Gratitude Pumps Me Up Gratitude is part of mindfulness and gratitude helps me feel positive, happy, and optimistic. After a one-hour run while doing self-hypnosis, I feel energized and eager to face the world. Optimists Attract Optimists Optimistic people don’t usually want to be around pessimistic people. Optimists seek out each other and as a result they prosper and find ways to thrive. Be Happy Now Mindfulness teaches us to Be Happy Now. Being happy is comfortable, cozy, relaxing, less stress than other mindsets, and just plain feels good. What does mindfulness add to your life? I'd be interested to hear from you. Send me an email at, bruce@mindfulnessmode.com and let me know your thoughts. Also, if you have a topic you'd like me to cover on my Sunday episodes, I'd love to hear that too. Thanks so much for joining me. Suggested Resources Book: Emotional Chaos To Clarity: Move From the Chaos of the Reactive Mind to the Clarity of the Responsive Mind by Phillip Moffitt Book: How to Live from Your Heart: Deepen Relationships, Develop Creativity, and Discover Inner Wisdom by Nanette V. Hucknall App: Insight Timer Related Episodes How To Live From The Heart; Nanette Hucknall 511 Pause, Breathe, And Smile To Awaken Your Mindfulness; Gary Gach 325 Be a Little Crazy Says Storyteller Devin Galaudet Are you experiencing anxiety & stress? Peace is within your grasp. I’m Bruce Langford, a practicing coach and hypnotist helping fast-track people just like you to shed their inner bully and move forward with confidence. Book a Free Coaching Session to get you on the road to a more satisfying life, feeling grounded and focused. Send me an email at bruce@mindfulnessmode.com with ‘Coaching Session' in the subject line. We'll set up a zoom call and talk about how you can move forward to a better life

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0:00.0	Mindfulness mode.
0:01.6	Our pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity,
0:04.6	an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
0:11.5	Hey, Mindful Tribe, why be an optimist?
0:16.1	That's my question for you today.
0:18.3	I'm Bruce Langford.
0:19.4	Great to have you here with me today on a Sunday
0:21.9	afternoon as I as I record my show again. Here feeling like you're right here with me, right
0:29.0	here in my office studio. Great to have you with me. Thanks so much. Why be an optimist?
0:35.8	I have a quote that I've kind of based this episode on, and this is the quote, and it's by Winston Churchill, Sir Winston Churchill.
0:44.9	And the quote is this, a pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity.
0:51.5	An optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. So isn't that interesting?
0:58.7	I think it really is. Run that through your mind a couple of times and think about it. A pessimist sees
1:06.1	the difficulty in every opportunity. An optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty and
1:13.6	Sir Winston Churchill as you probably know was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1:20.6	from 1940 to 1945 so during the Second World War years.
1:32.4	And so he really led the people through that in a, and I think a positive way.
1:34.1	Not that I'm a historian in any way,
1:36.3	but I think he really did that.
1:38.3	And one of the reasons this quote came up to me is because tomorrow January 30th sorry January 24th is the anniversary
1:50.2	of the day that he passed away January 24th 1965 he was born in 1874 on November 30th and died in 18 in in 1665 and so I thought of this quote because of a
2:08.6	movie we watched last night and I've told you before I don't watch very many movies or TV shows
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