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title: "Journal Prompts #243 - It Is What You Think It Is"
description: Use positive words in your Journaling and watch for optimistic results
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# [Journal Prompts #243 - It Is What You Think It Is](https://www.createwritenow.com/journal-prompts/bid/105648/journal-prompts-243-it-is-what-you-think-it-is)

 Written by [Mari L. McCarthy](https://www.createwritenow.com/journal-prompts/author/mari-l-mccarthy) | Sat, Mar 15, 2014 @ 09:02 PM

Martin Seligman writes in his book [Learned Optimism](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1400078393/mhyatt-20): "I have found, however, that pessimism is escapable. Pessimists can in fact learn to be optimists, and not through mindless devices like whistling a happy tune or mouthing platitudes...but by learning a new set of cognitive skills."  

Work with your Journal and explore the possibilities of changing your thought process to be more in line with the positively healthy person you *really* are.

**BONUS JOURNAL PROMPT** 

"Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy". 

~Isaac Newton

 

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