Positivity vs Negativity

yep also having bad people around you will invite bad things

Yes and No.

Sometimes no matter how positive you are, things can still go wrong.

As for people that a constantly negative, I do find them incredibly draining. and agree that they seem to bring a lot of it on themselves IMHO.

I agree, and being postive makes you feel so much better.

Everyone will have something go wrong at some stage but it's not the end of the world and a positve attitude will help you get through it a lot better. At the end of the day you are responsible for yourself and how you feel. You can choose to dwell on things or you can choose to get over it and concentrate on something else. It's all about attitude.

I don't like negative people and find it really draining when they constantly tell you about what has gone wrong in their lives instead of what's gone right. Another negative thing I don't like is when people spend so much time dishing out criticism but you very rarely hear a compliment.

I totally agree, even tho I am a pessimist (I can't help it, it's in my genes - I inherited anxiety disorder and OCD, if I don't peg my clothes out the right way bad things will happen ). I do think positive thinking can lead to positive outcome, and at the very least to good mental health!

Totally agree fleury! I think that's why I don't freak out about the tough things I have to do - I know I have coped with more difficult things and come out the other end ok!

Oh yes Nikki, you are the eternal optimist, that's where all that procrastination was coming from - you always *believed* you would get it done, eventually

I was going to say that too Yumiko. I heard there is the book called "the secret" and is the same concept of positive energy brings more positive energy etc

I have heard great things about that book "The Secret" my MIL swears by it!! I must borrow it from her someday!

I agree that positive people attract positive things, negativity attracts negativity.


Negative people are energy zappers!!

I don't believe in Karma or "energy" but I do believe in the power of positive thinking (I believe in God). I also believe there are seasons in our lives and at one time or another we will all have a difficult / negative patch and need the support of others just as we will have times when we need to support others through theirs. We just have to try to ensure that those times are not the norm.

Definately a believer in good deeds and doing unto others as you'd have them do unto you. Very anti-revenge. I guess ultimately, what goes around comes around but not as literally and immediately as some say.

I also believe that bad things happen to 'good', positive people. Bad things happening doesn't always mean you've done something bad to cause them. We live in a fallen world and bad things and things we don't understand happen to everyone.

However, despite my tired ramble, I do agree that a positive attitude is always a good asset and does make a difference to every aspect of our lives.

My Mum bought me The Secret Dvd a couple of years ago before it was a 'big thing' here in NZ.

I watched it in the midst of a huge arguement with my best friend when I was feeling down and like cr*p.
I'm the first to admit I thought it was silly, but...
It totally transformed my way of thinking.
I definately believe if you put positive energy out there you will be rewarded with a happy, positive environment.

The Secret IMO is all about the person who watches it and what they want to take from it.....It sure worked and continues working for my Mum.

At the end of the day, what have you got to lose?

When I said think things will still go wrong, what I meant is of course there will always be things in life that will test us, losing a parent is an unimaginable but like someone else has said, it is all in the way you deal with it.

I guess what Im trying to say is there are so many people in this world who are so "Woe is me, nothing ever good happens to me, I have bad luck etc"....... Well theres a reason for it, its becasue they don't ever see positive things or opportunities, like a positive person does - The money experiment demonstrates this perfectly.