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My parents were what you might call eccentric.

They were also very frugal and cheap!

They were not bad parents, but they were often a little bit arbitrary and whimsical with some of the choices that they would make. Nowhere was this more true than in the vacation packages that they would take us on. Both my dad and my mom were absolute fanatics for discount holidays. They loved discount travel of any kind. It seems like it did not matter where the trip took them or for how long – as long as they could get there for cheap, it was fine by them.

When I think back on my childhood, there is not a single discount holiday that stands out. Rather, there are a few high points from the various trips. There is one time where my mom purchased discount tickets to Bangladesh – during the monsoon season. I remember vividly on the flight over there, asking my mom if I was going to get to swim. Being a kid, that was my favorite part of discount holidays. When I was standing shin deep in water, wishing I was home, I thought back to that innocent question and wondered if I would ever want to go swimming again.

Positive thinking habits assume the best, not the worst. Let's say you're interviewing for a new job. Don't be like Eeyore. Your negative attitude will show. The prospective employer will see your lack of confidence and your no-can-do posture as a negative communication. How will such a person fare when faced with a challenging deadline or major decision? Eeyore won't get the job.

Of course, not all of the discount holidays were miserable, bizarre failures. Some of them actually turned out quite nicely. There was one time where, all of the sudden, my dad came home with tickets to Alaska that he had apparently gotten at work. Many of the discount holidays were to exotic places, but none of them seemed quite as strange to me as Alaska. I still remember seeing the northern lights and wondering if they were ghosts.

Some of the places we stayed on those discount holidays were memorable, but not always in a good way. We really had more than our fair share of ratty discount hotels. Every once in a while, however, we would have a discount holiday trip where everything would go perfectly. One year, for example, we got to stay at the cutest bed and breakfast hotel that you have ever seen! Not only was the place adorable, but the food was good, the bed was comfortable, and the host and hostess were very nice. It was memories like that that kept me going through some of the less pleasant moments of our discount holidays. Still, they have given me plenty of stories to tell.

We hear so much about eating healthy, exercising regularly and avoiding lifestyle choices like smoking. While this is certainly good advice, we don't hear as much about our patterns of thinking and attitude towards life. However, it's a fact that your psychological outlook can have a dramatic effect on your overall health and longevity. Have you ever noticed that people who perceive the proverbial glass as being half full seem to enjoy life more than their neighbor who sees it consistently half empty?

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The power of positive thinking cannot be underrated. Remember Eeyore, the famously depressed and negative-thinking character in the Winnie the Pooh stories? Poor Eeyore always saw the worst case of any situation. When faced with the possibility of a negative outcome, Eeyore would immediately embrace that negative outcome as the only possible result.

If you instead embrace positive thinking and a good result, you'll be surprised to find how often that becomes the case. It has been argued in medical circles that up to 90% of disease has psychological origins. A famous medical study in the 1940s found that women who were depressed were much more likely to be diagnosed with cancer at some point. This is food for thought for all of us.

People who actively practice positive thinking are far less likely to become ill and are generally happier than those who make it their habit to find and cultivate the bad news in any situation.

Next time you feel as though you've caught a chill and are headed for a bad cold, try this positive thinking exercise. First, assess your facts. You were out in the cold and got damp and chilled. Sneezes ensued. OK, but it doesn't necessarily follow that you're doomed to a week of blowing your nose and feeling miserable. What can you do to ward off the bad effects of your chill? You can get warm and cozy, take a big dose of vitamin C and settle back with a cup of herbal tea and a good book. Don't even think about coming down with the inevitable cold. Take care of yourself, stay warm and mentally give that cold the brushoff. You'll be astonished to find how effective a remedy positive thinking is.

Forming the habit of thinking positively is one of the best actions you can take to improve your overall health. Your mind is a powerful ingredient in the recipe for good health!

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