No Matter How You Say It: Positivity
Word Origin
early 14c., originally a legal term meaning “formally laid down, decreed or legislated by authority” (opposed to natural), from Old French positif (13c.) and directly from Latin positivus “settled by agreement, positive” (opposed to naturalis “natural”), from positus, past participle of ponere “put, place”.
Can you see how positivity is rooted in confidence or certainty?
Sign Language
Both of these words are compound signs that combine thinking with positive and negative. Can you see the difference between positive and negative thinking?
Positivity Idioms
Be a breath of fresh air
Be a ray of sunshine
Be like a beacon of hope
Be like a butterfly emerging from its chrysalis
Be like a rainbow after the storm
Be like a ray of sunshine
Be like a steady hand
Be like a sunflower
Be like a wellspring of positivity
Be like the sun shining after the rain
Count your Blessings
Don’t sweat the small stuff
Every cloud has a silver lining
Focus on the positive
Hang in there
Have a can-do attitude
Have a sunny disposition
Keep your chin up
Let bygones be bygones
Live in the moment
Look on the bright side
Make the best of it
See the glass half full
See the silver lining
Spread positivity
There is light at the end of the tunnel
Turn a frown upside down
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade
When one door closes, another one opens
In Other Words
Confidence
Optimism
Hope
Joyfulness
Zeal
Enthusiasm
Eagerness
Sanguinity
