Comments on: 4 Steps to a Positive Attitude

By: Baiju Solankki

Baiju Solankki — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:01:21 +0000

Yes I agree, there are many people who don't have a healthy body, but still have a heathly mind. What I was refereing to was more about the the kind of lifestyle you lead, which can lead to a healthy body. That is being in control of things that DO lead to being more healthy.

Yes there maybe things OUTSIDE your control that mean you don't have an healthy body, however what I would say is doing things that can contribute towards a healthy body in itself leads to a healthy mind.

By: Suzan St Maur

Suzan St Maur — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 23:13:46 +0000

I agree strongly that you don't need a healthy body to have a positive attitude. Many of us have faced or are facing cancer and other debilitating diseases and yet it's our positive attitudes that help us cope, just as is the case with the disabled people Jane describes.

I'm sure you're right to say that cultivating a healthy lifestyle helps to create a healthy attitude. However for those of us who – for whatever reason – are unable to be physically “healthy,” a positive attitude can still be maintained. (And thank God for it.)

By: Jane Hatton

Jane Hatton — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:14:40 +0000

Great blog, but I must challenge your assertion that “to own a healthy mind, one has to first own a healthy physical body”. I'm certainly not one of them but I know many disabled people with anything but physically healthy bodies who have what I think you would describe as extremely positive attitudes.

Great blog otherwise, with some very interesting points (particularly understanding what we mean by 'attitude' before we can hope to change it)