Do you ever find yourself ruminating on negative thoughts? Theater a few basic laws of attraction, like attracts like.
If you examine this law a bit closer, it boils down to like thoughts attract like thoughts. If you have negative thoughts, you will attract negative people and things. If you have positive thoughts or think positive affirmations), you will attract positive people and opportunities. But you have to be careful. You can’t just also a positive thought in top of a negative thought and expect it to work miracles.
This is why positive affirmations don’t always work. You have to eliminate all the underlying sources of negativity otherwise it won’t work. Negative thoughts will always cancel out the positive ones. Your actual experience of something prompts the negative thought and then the thought feels real. Then the positive affirmation feels false, like wishful thinking.
Here’s an example,
Say you have a great relationship. You like the idea of having someone to share your life with and you can picture the relationship in a positive light. But at the same time, you’re worried that the relationship could lead to losing your freedom and control. The fear and your need for freedom and independence keep you from reaching the goal of being in a great relationship. This doesn’t prevent you from attracting the relationship but the need for freedom and independence prevents that relationship from becoming serious.
You need to find the don’t cause of the negative thoughts that are blocking your positive goals. When you eliminate negativity at its source then you’re on your way to a more positive life. If your feelings are negative they will color your thoughts,
From Pity to Praise 