Fighting off the tsunami

Everywhere you turn, it seems people are negative about something these days. I can barely go to a message board or read a story without someone picking a fight with someone else. If you think about what they are saying, or if you allow yourself to dwell in the swamp of badness with them, you'll drown in the same tsunami of negativity that is swallowing them.

Well, I am consciously fighting that back. It's hard, I must admit, to filter out all of the rubbish that's out there. But if I have learned nothing in the 6 weeks or so since my life took a sudden and dramatic turn for the better, it is that you have to find a way to do positive things, to occupy yourself helping others or accomplishing a goal, and you have to be willing to let the negative people fall by the wayside. And that is the hardest part.

See, they could be relatives, friends, co-workers, and you want so much to help them improve their lot in life, to see the sunshine and be glad for it, rather than dwell in the gloom. And you should try to help them, we all should. But at the end of the day you cannot make someone be happy, you cannot force prosperity on them, you have to be willing to ignore the negative influences, whoever they might be. Because achieving your dream is hard enough in life, without trying to do it while someone has you by the ankles and is trying to tackle you.

Eventually, if you achieve your goals, they may want to know how you did it, and that could be the opening you need to help them, too. So, go be positive, be successful, and be the example for others.