*** Older Blog Post *** More Positive, Less Negative Lately I’ve been surrounding myself with more people. I’ve enjoyed being a loner at times, but this now is just refreshing! It really helps to have that positive energy around me to keep me going! Today I came across someone that had almost the exact opposite of that. Ugh! I had to politely excuse myself when I couldn’t take anymore. The person had such a negative outlook of the possibilities in life. She had this story that was so sad I wanted to help her seek a way out, but she was not open to it. She was not willing to look at any options other than the ones she gave herself. She mentioned that you got to do what you are passionate about. I agree. But she just did not seem happy at all. She also said you got to know what you are good at. Man! I really did not want to argue with her! I used to feel that way, but NO MORE! I’M DONE! It never helped before and it aint’ helping now! I was fighting being insulted when she said “take it from someone who’s lived it.” Lady, you don’t know who I am! You really think 30 years isn’t enough time to figure yourself out? Do you really think that just because you’ve hit 50 or 60 or 70 that you have life all figured out? Not everybody figures it out. I’m not saying that I have figured everything out, but I definitely am not going to ACCEPT that I’m not going to make something of myself that I can be proud of. I really feel sorry for you that you have limited your own potential because of the negativity you choose to hang on to. The most important quote I learned today popped into my head as I hurried away to somewhere more peaceful, “If you buy the opinion of others, you will also buy their lifestyle.” So, it I CHOOSE to buy into her opinion about the steps in life I want to take, then ultimately, I will be like her, believing that it’s not up to me, but up to the situations that surround me, that decide the way my life is going to be. I wish more people understood the power that positive and negative thinking has over your entire life.
Posted on: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 18:21:58 +0000
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