Positive thinking is a misnomer
Let me get this straight. I don't believe in positive thinking. I merely believe in thinking, and I oppose negative thinking.
I believe in the world as the world. I believe what can happen, can happen.
This is sometimes referred to as "positive thinking", a term that draws ire from so-called rational people who believe that positive thinking is delusional.
But what I believe in is simply the truth. It isn't that I am biased to think positively, but rather that I am not biased to think negatively.
Negative thinkers bring preconceived notions of the world into their thinking. They don't believe in the world as the world. They don't believe that what can happen, can happen. They are clouded by the doubts and insecurities they have accumulated over the years of their life. They have limited the "realistic" possibilities in their mind.
When so-called "positive thinkers" like me oppose this worldview, we do not aim to purport a distorted and overly optimistic image of reality. Instead, we seek to destroy the distortion that leads people to a pessimistic image of reality.
Humans are inclined towards negative thinking. So much so, that it has become the default. Hence, those who see the world straight and clear, for all the possibility it presents, are called positive thinkers. So sometimes, we are seen as delusional, and if that's what other people think, then I guess we are delusional, at least on a relative scale.
Yet, when we don't believe in our ability to make something happen, not because the world doesn't permit it, but because our mind doesn't permit us to believe it, then who is really the delusional one?
