From the song 'Could You Be Loved' by Bob Marley:

Don't let them fool ya,
Or even try to school ya! Oh, no!
We've got a mind of our own,
So go to hell if what you're thinking is not right!
Love would never leave us alone,
In the darkness must come out the light.

Could you be love and be loved?

https://youtu.be/64tZdPWi82k

How did Erin Brockovich deal with the negatives in her life?

Movie: Erin Brockovich Trailer
https://youtu.be/ELzu636Xf6Y

"If we think happy thoughts, we will be happy. If we think miserable thoughts, we will be miserable."
- Dale Carnegie

"I believe in karma, and I believe if you put out positive vibes to everybody, that's all you're going to get back."
- Kesha

"When the going got tough, I really had to draw on many of the same competitive instincts I did when I was skating. I really had to put my head down and stay positive. I had to fight."
- Peggy Fleming

"I am a positive person. I never think of the glass as half empty. I just keep pushing forward."
- Rosie Perez

"Well, you know, a lot of people look at the negative things, the things that they did wrong and - which I do. But I like to stress on the things I did right, because there are certain things that I like to look at from a positive standpoint that are just positive reinforcement."
- Tiger Woods

"There is a sense that things, if you keep positive and optimistic about what can be done, do work out."
- Hillary Clinton

"I've always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think negative."
- James A. Baldwin

"I'm not sure what the future holds but I do know that I'm going to be positive and not wake up feeling desperate. As my dad said 'Nic, it is what it is, it's not what it should have been, not what it could have been, it is what it is.'"
- Nicole Kidman

When things are not going so well, it is hard to stay positive, but it can be done.....

"There is something in even the darkest situations that we can make a positive in our lives."
- Deborah Norville

When you have positive thoughts, you feel alive.....

From the song 'Feeling Alive' by Shaggy:

I really feel good inside
And I'm feelin' ahhh.

Woke up and it's a beautiful morning,
And I'm gonna do my thing,
I roll over and hug and kiss me darling,
Your thanks for the joy she brings.
I got so much more to live for,
And so much to be explored,
Yeah I'm living in the moment baby,
And that I can say for sure.

https://youtu.be/SBN2jYuGoKo

Does positive thinking (a can-do attitude) make a difference when a person has health problems?

"Positive thinking - a can-do attitude. That's the key, according to all these people and others who faced life-threatening illnesses. But here is a surprising and disheartening fact: What you think, how you think, may not make a difference."
- CBSNews.com, Just how powerful IS positive thinking?, November 27, 2011
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-3445_162-57331654/just-how-powerful-is-positive-thinking/

"Be careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts."
- Holy Bible, Proverbs 4:23 (Good News Translation)

"I went to church for years and years and years and nobody ever told me that my thoughts had anything to do with my life. I had no idea that I could think my own thoughts or choose my own thoughts. I had no idea that if I was thinking something that was not correct, I didn't have to keep thinking it."
- Joyce Meyer, What's Been On Your Mind Lately
http://youtu.be/_1GAqdHOUhA

"Never say or think negative things about yourself, such as, 'I never do anything right.' 'I'll never change.' 'I'm ugly.' 'I look terrible.' 'I'm dumb.' 'Who could ever love me?' Matthew 12:37 says, ...by your words you will be justified..., and by your words you will be condemned…. Proverbs 23:7 says, …as [a man] thinketh in his heart, so is he. In other words, the way we talk and think about ourselves reveals how we feel about ourselves."
- Joyce Meyer

"Your success depends mainly upon what you think of yourself and whether you believe in yourself."
- William J. H. Boetcker

"Positive belief in yourself will give you the energy needed to conquer the world and this belief is the power behind all creation."
- Stephen Richards, Think Your way to Success: Let Your Dreams Run Free

"Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning."
- Mahatma Gandhi

Positive thinking would make a difference....

From the song 'Some Guys Have All The Luck' by Maxi Priest:

Some guys have all the luck,
Some guys have all the pain,
Some guys have a little sunshine in their lives,
My life is always filled with rain.

https://youtu.be/eIqstsylqqU

"You can't make positive choices for the rest of your life without an environment that makes those choices easy, natural, and enjoyable."
- Deepak Chopra

"I think it's important to get your surroundings as well as yourself into a positive state - meaning surround yourself with positive people, not the kind who are negative and jealous of everything you do."
- Heidi Klum

"Beliefs have the power to create and the power to destroy. Human beings have the awesome ability to take any experience of their lives and create a meaning that disempowers them or one that can literally save their lives."
- Anthony Robbins

Would you think positive and maintain a positive attitude in a life-or-death situation as in the movie 'Life of Pi'?

Life of Pi Trailer
https://youtu.be/3mMN693-F3U

"It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts."
- Robert H. Schuller

"If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges."
- Pat Riley

"The power behind taking responsibility for your actions lies in putting an end to negative thought patterns. You no longer dwell on what went wrong or focus on whom you are going to blame. You don't waste time building roadblocks to your success. Instead, you are set free and can now focus on succeeding."
- Lorii Myers

"Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you're going to live your life."
- Joel Osteen

"Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results."
- Willie Nelson

"A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catalyst and it sparks extraordinary results."
- Wade Boggs

From the song 'Positive Vibration' by Bob Marley:

Positive vibration, yeah! Positive!

If you get down and you quarrel everyday,
You're saying prayers to the devils, I say.
Why not help one another on the way?
Make it much easier.

Say you just can't live that negative way,
If you know what I mean;
Make way for the positive day...

https://youtu.be/cSqOR7Bz_c0

"Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity. Successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results."
- William James

Her positive thinking and attitude opened doors....

Legally Blonde movie clip - I'm Going To Harvard
https://youtu.be/edytBejzBYM

"Positive thinking is the key to success in business, education, pro football, anything that you can mention. I go out there thinking that I'm going to complete every pass."
- Ron Jaworski

"The discontent and frustration that you feel is entirely your own creation."
- Stephen Richards, Think Your way to Success: Let Your Dreams Run Free

"You are essentially who you create yourself to be and all that occurs in your life is the result of your own making."
- Stephen Richards, Think Your way to Success: Let Your Dreams Run Free

"If you tell yourself you feel fine, you will."
- Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper

"Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will."
- Zig Ziglar

Thoughts really do lead the way. Thoughts become things.

From the song "I Can See Clearly Now" by Jimmy Cliff:

I can see clearly now the rain is gone.
I can see all obstacles in my way.
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind.
It's gonna be a bright, bright sunshiny day.
It's gonna be a bright, bright sunshiny day.

Oh, yes I can make it now the pain is gone.
All of the bad feelings have disappeared.
Here is that rainbow I've been praying for.
It's gonna be a bright, bright sunshiny day.

https://youtu.be/FZ3OnnN39l8

"...[W]hen you are thinking of changing something you don’t like, carefully consider whether there is a need to change it. Maybe only a change in your thinking is needed."
- FahmeenaOdetta Moore, Is There A Need To Change That Thing You Dislike?, https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140814212016-6733373-is-there-a-need-to-change-that-thing-you-dislike?published=t

"With everything that's thrown at you, whether it be problems at home, problems at work - whatever - basically, if you remain positive, you can see your way out of that."
- Sean Paul

"Really you just gotta keep chugging along and keep a positive attitude and get through all the problems. You gotta face them, otherwise you don't get through."
- Lesley Gore

"A lot of things are inherent in life -change, birth, death, aging, illness, accidents, calamities, and losses of all kinds- but these events don't have to be the cause of ongoing suffering. Yes, these events cause grief and sadness, but grief and sadness pass, like everything else, and are replaced with other experiences. The ego, however, clings to negative thoughts and feelings and, as a result, magnifies, intensifies, and sustains those emotions while the ego overlooks the subtle feelings of joy, gratitude, excitement, adventure, love, and peace that come from Essence. If we dwelt on these positive states as much as we generally dwell on our negative thoughts and painful emotions, our lives would be transformed."
- Gina Lake, What about Now?: Reminders for Being in the Moment 

"Even when bad things happen you have to try to use those bad things in a positive manner and really just take the positive out of it."
- Natalie du Toit

"I think if you just look at life in a positive way, positive things will happen."
- Jake Owen

Sometimes only a change in thinking is needed. Positive thinking can make a difference.

Did you know? It is Caribbean American Heritage Month!
Look for songs by Caribbean artists all month.

From the song 'Three Little Birds' by Bob Marley:

Singin': "Don't worry about a thing,
'Cause every little thing gonna be all right."
Singin': "Don't worry (don't worry) about a thing,
'Cause every little thing gonna be all right! "

Rise up this mornin',
Smiled with the risin' sun,
Three little birds
Each by my doorstep
Singin' sweet songs
Of melodies pure and true,
Sayin', "This is my message to you-ou-ou: "

Don't worry about a thing,
'Cause every little thing gonna be all right.

https://youtu.be/zaGUr6wzyT8

"Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A 'you can do it' when things are tough."
- Richard M. DeVos

"Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation."
- Michael Jordan

"There is nothing good or bad, only thinking makes it so."
- Hamlet

Do you think and stay positive no matter what?
What if you moved into the wrong house as the family did in the movie 'Summer Rental'?
https://youtu.be/FnsdELHn0Po

Theme for this week (6/7 - 6/13): Positive Thinking, inspired by this quote from last week....
"Take risks: if you win, you will be happy; if you lose, you will be wise." 
- Author Unknown