What Is Positive Attitude? - Here's a Conversation with a Young Boy..

"Uncle, can I disturb you for a moment?"

"About?" I asked that young boy who had approached me for something..,

"What is the simplest definition of Positive Attitude? " he asked me.

"What makes you ask me. Who has sent you?"

"See that group, there . My friends. We were talking about this positive attitude. Then I saw you. I remembered my papa once telling me you are #simplySOOD and write stories which appear in Newspaper. So I thought I should ask you."

It was evening. Club house of our residential complex. School holiday. Sometime in September 2019..

"So you are here to ask me this question, right?"

"Yes, uncle.."

"Only you came to ask. What about others?"

"They were reluctant.."

"OK, this is positive attitude demonstrated by you through your behaviour and action aimed at adding value. You took that first step by approaching me, then the second step by asking me and now we are conversing and you are receiving it. You have demonstrated positive attitude. "

"If I had not come to you and had just thought about it, then ?"

"Positive thought + Positive Action = Positive Attitude. Sometimes a positive action may not give you a positive result. That doesn't make you negative. Your action defines you, not the result. "

"I understand Uncle. Thanks a lot! So merely thinking good and then talking is no use..It must follow by doing.. "

"We are not talking about usefulness. Some get paid only for the way they think and talk. Their actions may not be aligned with what they tell others.. It is a possibility. We are talking about what would define Positive Attitude. That's about it... Right? We need to make our choices based on our values.."

"Oh, Uncle, I have heard this word a lot..what do you mean by 'Values'

"Good question. If I tell you everything today then how would we meet again.. "

He laughed. I could notice his happy expression. His posture had changed. His feet got springs. His walk exuded positive attitude. I could see him reaching excited towards his group of friend. Looking at him the way he walked I realized: Walking too is an action. And does show one's attitude.

Shared for the benefit of all the young.. Are you one among them?

 RS

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