Denial or Positive Thinking

I struggle with this everyday. Here are the definitions then my interpretations..

Denial: is a refusal, and often means a refusal to believe or accept something as the truth.

Being Positive: apparently there are so many definitions you are left to decide for yourself what it means to you.

For me it means that I understand what has happened to me but I don't want or feel like I have to just say ok this is it...oh hell no! I am going to try my best to get back what I had or close to it. I know we are all on our own paths, I just wish more folks in my condition could feel this way.❤❤❤