Harbouring Negativity

If you were to take a close look at the people around you, either from your work place, close associates or family members, you would discover that at least one of these individuals harbours some form of negativity. They insist that reality is shady and the world is full of misconceived concepts. They maintain their stance and suggest that if you have a clear and concise close look around you, you cannot help but adapt to this realistic approach to life. In a very sad way, they have a point. When you view our world and all its negative attributes, such as war, murder, violence and injustice, (just to name a few), you may find it difficult to rise above this view point. These individuals only see their world in terms of shortages and rarely capture the true essence of life.

There are those that have allowed corruption to control them. This cannot be denied and it is next to impossible to honestly say that there is nothing but good in this world. However, we must take a closer look. If you truly look, you will see that for every negative act, there is or is the potential for a positive act. For every negative emotion, there can be, if you so choose, a counter positive emotion. In most cases, the positive reaction holds more credence than the negative one.

If we choose to filter out all of the negative or ill-willed actions, how can this possibly affect us? Are we not just turning a blind eye? Our general attitude and that which we focus on – be it doubt and fear, only serve to produce more of the same which results in encapsulating our existence with doubt and fear.

Are we not hiding under a veil of illusion if we purposely only focus our attention on the good in life? Are we not misinterpreting reality? Most of us are all quite aware of the facts and the issues in our world today but if we entertain or place our focus on these thought structures, what good comes of it? We must acknowledge things that need our attention so that we can assist in righting wrongs but these outside activities do not have to define our existence.

By focusing our attention on what we have instead of what is conceived as “missing” in our lives, we capture something much more worthwhile. If we choose to focus our attention on what is missing, we create the illusion of lacking, wanting, needing. Happy individuals find contentment from everyday affairs, from those people that surround them, from the beauty of nature – from each and every different aspects of their life on which they choose to place their focus. These individuals are aware of the world around them. They simply choosing to keep their attention on the meaningful, positive aspects that life has to offer.

Our focus on life’s events becomes a choice at that moment that we learn we have a choice. Parents and teachers mold our intentions at a relatively early age (whether they are aware of this concept or not), but as we mature, we develop our own awareness of alternatives. If positive thinking was not taught earlier in our lives, we have to choice to begin to form our own objectives and focuses in life.

As mentioned in many previous writings, we choose; we allow and we accept. It is our choice to pursue life’s rewards, life’s beauty and life’s offerings. We were never intended to pursue a route that only produces indignant reactions. Open yourself up to the willingness to explore the potential wonderment that life offers. It is your right to choose which road to follow – a road of bewilderment and dismay or a road of endless potentials. Which will it be?

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