Is Positive Thinking Really That Positive?

Recently more and more people tend to come cross the vast number of appeals to think positively on the internet, on TV or in the press. “Keep smiling!” and “Think positive!” are really annoying mottoes actually. Especially when all these posters and banners are spiced with the bright rainbows, animated butterflies, yellow smiles and happy suns. If you see that kind of stuff be sure that it is the business of the “positivist” sect. But these communities which claim they bring positive way of thinking to the people’s lives are actually having the negative effect on the mental state of the others.

Various Standarts of Beauty

The most surprising image of a beautiful person was probably in the culture of the ancient Maya tribes. Being the dedicated sun worshipers they were eager to resemble their god. The flat and round face with the nose which is not protruded forward was the most desirable one. These “perfect” face features were the ones that everyone wanted to have. The offspings of Maya still have the batter noses. To reach this effect the scull of a baby was fixed in a special pieces of wood. The flexible bones of a baby were deformed in the way which made his head reminding the disc of the sun. The sign of the feminine beauty was the squinting. When a baby girl was born her parents hang the colored balls above her bed and the girl was growing cross-eyed for sure. Another fashionable trick was to grind the teeth down and cover the remains with the ruby or emerald powder. The adult women covered their body with a sticky smelly red butter. Wearing that strange greasy film on their bodies they were considered to be elegant. They also painted their faces.