I've been working on a set of positive mantras. I'm going to test them out on you because your statement seems to contain some of the elements they deal with. They are worth what you are paying for them. Take with several grains of salt.

I call this polemic ...

IF

If you live without controversy, you will die without purpose.

If you are afraid of dying, you will be more afraid of living.

If you fear failure, you will fear success as well.

last but certainly not least ...

If you put your money into a rodent extermination business, you will be putting YOUR money where MY mouse is!

Have a great day. Remember, each morning you wake up with another chance to fix it or forget it.

Lollipops and unicorns

MR Valley. Contentment is indeed Positive.

Thank you for putting in perspective.

BL:)

Milt great post.

MR,

The things you mention are not necessarily people with negative attitudes but rather a very good attention to detail. And I do not know any negative people who help the poor because there thought process would be, what's the use anyway.

No, most definitely having a positive attitude is the better way to go and leads to a better life.

But the beauty of life is that at any moment you can decide to change yours for the better. So, why not make the next 42 years better than the first 42?

May you be blessed always and in all ways.

Thank you Harry, well put. My mom worked hard washing dishes for a cheap chinese buffet restaurant to put my brother and I thru school. She used to come home with blistered hands and hugged us every night with them and constantly reminded us that god had blessed her with a job to enable her to put food on the table and shelter us. Never a sour face or complaints yet her beautiful smile is tireless and glow with honesty and dignity.

My mother managed to teach us the meaning of Positiveness thru her love, sacrifice and last but not least selflessness. I have to tell you........ growing up with that kind of greatness; one cannot be any less but to be Positive; it gave birth to my gratitude and lead to many successes in my life. And even when came face to face with death 10 years ago........ I challenged death perhaps welcome death with little fear; knowing that I have lived and experienced love and greatness at its best.

BL:)

It sounds like the positives that you point out about being negative are, well...positive! I think there is a real difference in the critical eye and logical, sharp mind that is required to pay attention to detail and find flaws in a positive way as you describe above. Maybe you just define positive things in a negative way. Is it possible that maybe you are not negative, but that you feel that you can't believe in yourself, or that you are sure things are going to go poorly, so you don't want to get too excited. Don't want to be hurt or let down maybe.

I loved your comments about your mother and your family. Life is a balance of positive and negative. Look at a battery, it has a positive and negative pole, but when you put two of them together in the proper configuration you get a positive result! I believe the trick is to not allow the negativity to suck the positivity out of your soul. The only thing you have total control of is your attitude; when that changes your life changes. You have a wonderful attitude and I commend you. You have had challenges in your life, but you used them to become a stronger and more flexible person. Do you know how wonderful you are?

My mother was always my strongest source for being positive and keeping my chin up. I love her dearly. I thank her for giving me what I call my "happy gene" because I too am one of those people who always sees the glass half full. It's not always easy in a synical world but you have to keep moving forward and not let the negativity ruin you.