Negativity is a destructive force....

During the entirety of my 34 1/2 years of living, I'm constantly baffled as to why people WANT to be mean/negative. Granted, at times we all go through a funk but to insist on living a worthless, negative life is beyond my comprehension.

Over the past year, I've been fortunate in meeting some wonderful friends via the 'Net. Most of them were in a funk when I met them. Life had beaten them down because they didn't have the tools to beat back at Life. These are amazingly wonderful, kind and ridiculously creative/talented people. I've been coaxing them into believe in themselves and to start living for themselves but still, every once in a while, the Neg-a-bug creeps up and gives them a good whacking. That results in them frantically sending me an email with a tell-me-it's-not-a-waste-of-my-time-and-I-CAN-succeed message.

I respond by telling them the same thing every time:

Don't worry about the killjoys. Just focus on creating your own abundance. As Wallace Wattles pointed out soooooooooo clearly in his book, CREATION, NOT COMPETITION, IS THE WAY TO ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS. You will create the life you want so make sure you are wanting a good life!

Negative people often just need someone to show them a different way of thinking. However, the trolls of the earth are determined to be miserable and to make others miserable. They think they can't get attention except by being abusive. They are the schoolyard bully we were afraid of in grade school but now, we know they are just pathetic people who desperately want everyone to like them. They just go about getting the attention the wrong way.

Thank you, Dien (and Gordon), for wanting to keep this board positive and inspiring and a wonderful place to brainstorm!

:)
EM