But you are not the only one whose thoughts count! If you remain positive but everyone else around you is negative, it does affect you as well. That’s also LOA. My dad was a very negative individual yet my mother has been very optimistic and positive all her life. My dad suffered many heart attacks and eventually his heart gave out. No matter what we told him about taking care of himself and be positive, he wouldn’t listen and thought it wouldn’t matter. His heart was so weak that doctors were amazed that he lived as long as he did. Even though he died at quite a young age, 58. Some say he had his family’s duayen..