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The English weather is famed the world over for being wet. If you watch the Wimbledon Tennis Tournament on the TV then you may begin to suspect that England's bad weather reputation is true. So how may days of rain do we actually get in England? Is it over half of the days perhaps? As much as three quarters of the days perhaps?

Well no, actually only 1 out of 3 days in England has any rain it's unpredictable when they will be of course - but this means that for two thirds of the year we English people don't need an umbrella at all!

Many people who emigrate from England often say that they are trying to get away from the rain. Perhaps they don't realise that we have so many days without it.

What's the point of all this? The point is that for most of us it is very easy to anticipate the worst. The reason people think that England is a very wet place is because they are always anticipating the rain but don't anticipate the sun.

Positive thinking has been much maligned in the past and perhaps some of that skepticism is justified. Blindly believing that bad never happens would be incredibly foolish. However I happen to believe that good things do tend to happen to us more often than bad things but we spend so much time worrying about bad things happening that we don't notice them. Even if I couldn't prove that good things happen more often I can guarantee that the person who thinks positively will be happier more of the time.

Let me challenge you for a moment: would you rather be an unhappy person who is right or a happy person who is wrong? I'd choose happy any time.

Research also backs up the claims that being positive is good for you. Research has shown that being positive is goof for your health and well-being.

It also seems to work that by being positive you make good things happen to yourself more often as well. So you could be happy and have good things happen more often or you could be unhappy to make bad things happen more often. Which is better?

So there is little excuse for viewing life from a pessimistic point of view. It causes worry and worry causes stress which can destroy your health and happiness. Choose to be happy from this day on.

Christopher Brown is a full-time Stress Management Consultant in the UK. To discover more visit his website at http://www.browncow-opportunities.co.uk where you can sign up for a free e-course called "Avoiding Burnout". You may also contact Chris direct at chris@browncow-training.co.uk