While I tend to try to maintain a positive attitude, positive thinking is a religion to some. Similar to faith healers, they believe that the universe manifests something out of nothing, rewarding them for their positive attitude.
Is it greedy to ask Universe to manifest and you take what it delivers? You asked for it, right? it must be yours! A similar idea to "Fortune favors the prepared mind." You must imagine possibilites and see them before you take advantage of them. Similar but different because it is rational.
Here is the difference: If you find a wallet with a wad of cash in it, the reasonable person will weigh the amount of cash versus the good feeling they will get by returning it to the owner. I'd bet the positive thinker could delude themself into thinking the universe manifested that cash for them. Maybe? This may be a weak example, but you get the idea.
Is positive thinking just another tool to give moral flexability to those who are otherwise good people?
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