I just finished erasing a blog post draft that I
was very passionate about. Why? Because I lost the passion when I realized how
negative that blog post was and I had a thought come to my mind; why should I
be spreading negativity? What's the point? Is it going to make anyone feel
better or change anyone for the better? No, the only reason I was writing it was to complain and
mope around.
Sometimes I feel like the human race is prone to
negativity. This is just a general statement. We tend to think about ourselves
a lot and forget about other people's thoughts and feelings. We even forget that
other people even have thoughts or feelings sometimes. We are so egocentric
that it's almost as if we have never learned what compassion, kindness, and service is. We just don't care. Or we
think that everyone is a "hater" and they are out to get us. Just because
someone is wearing a frown doesn't mean they are frowning at you when you make eye
contact with each them. When someone says something unkind, don't take it so
personally. Now I'm not trying to excuse that person, but wouldn't life be so
much better if we responded with positivity?
Positivity is comparable to light and negativity to
the dark. Light invades the darkness. When you turn a light on in a dark room,
the room is illuminated. The light pervades the room. If you are in a dark room
and someone turns the light on in another room, light comes through the gaps
around the frame of the door. Light is more powerful than the darkness. So if we apply basic math, positivity is stronger than negativity. The only time negativity can defeat positivity, is when your light bulb is dim, or your flashlight is low on battery.
I'm just saying that with all the horrible things happening in the world, we should be trying to make other's life's better. And then hopefully they will do the same. It's called good karma. So the next time a classmate or a store clerk gives you a snarky attitude, don't bite back. Respond with kindness. It will make both of your days better instead of leaving you with a bitter feeling. Charge your positivity. Charge your light.
In these days most everything is about me. Not me as in myself but me as in the general people. Why worry about others when I should worry about myself? That is how most people feel, but if we were all to feel like this then as you say we will lose the good. People seem to be getting more and more selfish whether it is with happiness or money or anything. We need to realize that everybody cannot be happy at once, it is just impossible. Everybody will have good days as well as the bad days. No matter how you are feeling, though, you must see that you need to always be kind to the people around. We do not know how other people’s lives are going and what they are being put through. I enjoyed your blog and have a good day.
ReplyDeleteThe message of your blog really resonated with me, considering how tough this past week was for my family. We recently uncovered some deep dark secrets and sadly our first response was to lash out negatively, without knowing all the details of the situation. What we forgot to think about was that there are circumstances that are out of our control, and that when someone does something bad it does not make him or her a bad person, and when they do something good it does not necessarily make them a good person. What does make you a good person when you are capable of responding to the dark with light. When you can let go of something that makes you unhappy because you refused to add to the negativity of the situation.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Levi. That was really brave of you. I’m not sure I would have been able to erase an entire blog post like that. It’s hard enough writing just one post, let alone two. But I think what you did was worth it. You’re post was really inspiring. It reminded me that life isn’t all about me. It reminded me that I should be spreading kindness everywhere I go. Sometimes that is hard. It’s so easy to get caught up in your own life and disregard the happiness of others. The easiest path usually isn’t the right one, though. And the results of being that force for good and positivity are totally worth the struggle. Sometimes it just takes a reminder from a good example to be that force. ;)
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