Why positive thinking didn't work for me

"I figured if I worked on improving a little every day, I’d feel a lot more positive about myself than I did when I focused on my flaws.

What I didn’t take into consideration was that I might become a perfectionist about accepting my imperfection.

That I might catch negative thinking and feel guilty about it instead of letting it go and moving into a more positive space.

That I might muster every piece of my will to avoid negative feelings and end up over-thinking them instead of simply feeling them and letting them pass.

I never considered that wanting to be positive isn’t the same as being positive."


http://tinybuddha.com/blog/why-positive-thinking-didnt-work-for-me/