my way of telling is this. If you are deliberately ignoring stuff you don't like by giving it no attention whatsoever, you are in denial. If you are acknowledging the stuff you don't like but are not dwelling on it or letting it prevent you from proceeding with whatever it is you want to do, than you are thinking positively. True positivity can't exist without negativity, so it not only acknowledges it's polar opposite, but welcomes and appreciates it. True positivity is very difficult because it's easy to get caught up in how negative stuff will hold you back.
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