During my many blessed years upon this earth, I have noticed that negativity is almost ALWAYS complimented. I often wonder if it is because it may be true, because it is amusing, if it is a diversion from one's own problems or if it just takes a lack of knowledge to engage in? I guess the reality of it is that we all have our own reasons for why we choose to entertain negativity. I have heard way too many people say that the straight and narrow is just too boring, and I believe that is because they are too lazy and non motivated to create their own straight and narrow experience. Straight and narrow does not mean PERFECT and HOLIER THAN THOUGH. It simply means directing your life and experiences towards a destination that will leave you free of all negativity, happy, peaceful, guided and setting an example for all to use as a guide to creating their own path. The twisted thing is that we all expect good things out of life but we are entertained by the not so good things. Some of us are happy and at ease when they see others fail, when they see others arguing and fighting, when they know someone is hurting, when they read something degrading, yet when all of those things happen to them, they are upset and praying for God to make a change in their life. You can not contradict your thoughts and feelings when the shoe is on the other foot. If it is a positive, fruitful and happy life you desire, then it should be a positive, fruitful and happy experience that you feed off of.
Negativity is like a tick, once it grabs a hold of you, it will suck you dry until you shake it off and destroy it. If you go back to that same area where you picked up that tick, nine times out of ten, you will end up with another one, yet if you take the time and do the research and find another area that is not as infested, your chances of getting a tick will be slim. The same goes for negativity, if you continuously surround yourself and your thoughts in negativity, it will always have the opportunity of grabbing a hold of you and sucking the positive aspects of life out of you. Most people flock to negativity because it is a mask to their own life. Let's say you find yourself sitting in the house when no one is around and you are constantly asking yourself, "why is my life the way it is, why can't I receive my blessing" then let's say you have someone show up at your door, ready to worship with you, yet you pretend not to be home. Five minutes after they leave, a friend shows up with some gossip, a drink or a blunt and you welcome them with open arms. You have your answer my fried, and your prayers have been answered the way you allowed them to. Your life is the way it is because that is what YOU chose for it. You have received your blessing, but it was the blessing YOU chose to receive. Abraham Lincoln once said, "when I do good, I feel good". It is up to you what doing good means in your heart, but when you do what it is you assume to be good, expect to get that same goodness in return. When you find that what you are getting in return is not good, then don't take that as a sign of you not being blessed, take that as a sign that it is time to change what it is that you are doing, to receive what it is that you want.
I find that I, myself tend to flock to negativity sometimes because I find it to be entertaining, then it begins to consume me and I don't like the feeling I get from that so I instantly change my perspective of entertainment towards something of a more positive nature. I know how it feels when you once lived a life consumed with negativity and you have now changed to a life that consists of more positive than negative. People will begin to call you fake or phony. You cannot let other people's ignorance be the demise of your own character. The one's who feel the need to question your change are the one's who are afraid to embark upon a change of their own. I try not to judge anyone, for we all have a purpose on this earth and we all have our own ways of executing that purpose. Who am I to ridicule or judge the next person just because I don't agree with their execution. For me to do that would be giving negativity the power and losing all prospective of anything positive that individual has to offer. Each and every single one of us are giving the opportunity to pick and choose our own battles in life. Repetition is the most powerful element in human behavior. Not everyone who do good in life will always receive good, nor will those who do bad always receive bad, but when your life consists of a repetition of good, your life will receive a repetition of good, when your life consists of a repetition of bad, your life will receive a repetition of bad. If you find yourself down and feeling like a target of all negative things to come, then it is time to pick and choose a new battle, one that will give you the positive aspects you so seek from life.
I hope this little blog provided you with enough wisdom to change your viewpoint and direction in life away from the negative and more towards the positive. There are so many great things this world and life has to offer us, yet we sit around and complain because we can't see or have not received them, instead getting out there and pursuing them. You will only get out of life, what you give to it. So I can't stress it enough, that if it is POSITIVE things you want, it is POSITIVE things you MUST surround yourself with.......Thanks for coming through and checking me out today....PEACE, LOVE AND BLESSINGS
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