HOW TO DEVELOP A POSITIVE ATTITUDE!!!

With all the negative news including the pandemic, it is extremely important to develop a positive attitude each day! One simple, effective way is to have a daily goal to overcome negative thoughts. Starting today, do the following:

1. Begin each day by saying out loud: “This is the day that God has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it!” Psalm 118:24

2. When you arise start every day with prayer – say the Lord’s Prayer out loud along with other prayers or at a minimum say “thought” prayers.

3. Say out loud: “Today with God’s help, I can and I will, I can and I will, I can and I will.”

4. “Love your neighbor as yourself” by saying something encouraging to everyone you speak with, email, or text.

5. Say out loud or even write down in a journal three things you are grateful for.

Unhealthy thoughts are the result of bad habits. Implement these five ideas and be amazed at your positive attitude!

God’s blessings on your life and relationships!

Dr. Randy Schroeder wrote the three-time national award-winning marriage book, Simple Habits for Marital Happiness: Practical Skills and Tools That Build a Strong Satisfying Relationship.

He also wrote the 2021 parenting book, Simple Habits for Effective Parenting: Specific Skills and Tools That Achieve Extraordinary Results in Raising a Child. Please watch his Focus on the Family Parenting interview at www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMU7pE_MagI

For more than four decades through his writing, speaking, counseling, and teaching, Dr. Schroeder has thoroughly enjoyed enhancing individual lives, enriching couple relationships, and educating parents with practical specific words, behaviors, and commonsense wisdom.

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A healthy parent-child relationship is built through nurture, laughter, memories, respect, and when necessary, corrective discipline. Through a strong relationship, an effective parent communicates through words and actions a deep desire for child to develop positive qualities and Godly character to help a child make wise choices throughout their entire life.

An excellent goal for every parent is to daily praise either a positive attribute within a child or a specific action a child did that was meaningful. Always use the words, “I appreciate . . .” Praise creates positive energy within a child!

I had the privilege of joining Jim Daly, President, and John Fuller, VP, for an interview on a national broadcast of Focus on the Family to discuss Effective Parenting. The interview may be watched at FocusOnTheFamily.com/shows/broadcast or on YouTube. Please also share the Effective Parenting interview with family and friends.

Simple Habits for Marital Happiness is a three-time national award-winning marriage book that will absolutely improve and strengthen every couple. Simple Habits for Effective Parenting is the only resource that covers all seven areas of parenting for leading and guiding a child to be a responsible, motivated, and confident individual.

Both Marital Happiness and Effective Parenting are available at Amazon or at CrossLinkPublishing.com.

For over four decades, Dr. Randy Schroeder, a licensed marriage and family therapist, pastor, and former seminary professor of pastoral counseling, has spoken to and counseled thousands of parents and spouses about the simple yet effective habits that are essential for healthy relationships.