The Bitter Truth about Negativity

Winning the battle against negative forces that surround me is a tough one. How I behave and
react when I encounter extreme negativity is the key to survival. Negativity is the most
deleterious of all the feelings that we as humans can feel. I must accept the bitter truth that I may
not completely escape from people that carry an abundance of negativity with them. There are so
many people who harbor these toxic thoughts and spread their negativity like wild fire. It is a
fatal disease much like alcoholism or drug addiction.

The only power I have against these people is information, awareness of and about me. If I am
completely sure of myself that I am acting in a way that is pure and "God Like" or not causing
harm to others, then I will not be influenced by these negative people. I will not react to their evil
ways. Knowledge and faith is the only way to courage. Courage gives me the strength to
overcome the pessimists ~ the people who always expect the worst.

Often time’s negativity stems from delusions, fears, resentments that are real and even some that
are fabricated in his or her mind. Hallucinations caused by petty thoughts that are so harmful
they cause paranoia. A paranoid person becomes so miserable that even these negative thoughts
based on the unreal, stunt his growth. His great potential and abilities might as well be flushed
down the toilet. The smallest stone seems a mountain to climb.

There are no laws or human power that can free me from the bondage that negativity creates in
and of itself. Steer clear of the pessimist if I can, and do not be a breeder of such disastrous
thinking. Beware of the people that sow these seeds of slow death, in the minds of other people,
until such time that I have inside myself the knowledge to conquer them. This is an inside job
and can only be accomplished with knowledge.

Furthermore, often these hidden enemies are hard to see. They are not right smack dab in front of
me. They lie in wait and attack from behind. Sometimes they even wait until I am emotionally
unbalanced or experiencing some sort of emotional crisis. A few of the people in my life will be
there to support me, but some of those I once thought I could trust may mock me in my time of
need, making fun of my predicament. They may remind me of a time when I was not capable of
handling the situations that I do now. These people are not my true friends. They may not have
the ability to change nor do they wish for me to grow. Just because there was a time that I lacked
the ability does not mean I am still lacking.

I will not give these comments a second thought. I will not allow the power of this negativity to
permeate my soul causing it to rot. I say to myself that I must face these people with compassion
and pure thoughts. I must pray for them as they are sick with a disease. They are confused about
their own purpose and goals. There is no remedy with which to treat their disease they must do
this on their own. Just as I have had to come to this conclusion on my own.

People who are breeders of negativity lack a conscience and are often mentally paralyzed. The
greatest form of negativity that creates adversity for me is thoughts of my past. I tend to listen to
people who once were a part of that past, or ones who think they know who I am, and look at me
again as a loser. I must always remember that it matters not what others say about me, it only
matters what I can say about myself. It was once said by a great teacher "The worst sinner has a
future, even as the greatest saint has a past. No one is so good or as bad as he imagines."
A man who can laugh at his every failure is a man who will conquer the world. Some of the
greatest successes are accomplished by the greatest failures. Failures are the stepping stones to
success. Every single time I fail I learn something from that failure. My success does not depend
on how I behave when I am successful but how I behave when I have failed. It is easy to thrive
when things are great. It is not so easy to stay positive on my not so successful days.

Each success is built upon a succession of failures, I have to build a wall around that and once I
am finished it will be easy to fight off the negativity and react in a way that is appropriate. I will
be able to influence the negative with the positive. Slowly but surely I will win. Perseverance
yields a winner. Tolerance gives me power, a power that can move mountains. Courage and self
awareness are the most ballistic weapons that I have. Respect myself, love myself, and know my
profession.

The only cause of my happiness and sorrow is my fears and what I do with them. I will analyze
those things that I fear and determine if they are really worth giving any importance to. I will
strive to be happy, be happy today, as I can always turn to dismay. I will not fear my created
fears, but will fight with them and I will conquer them. A cruel person can't be defeated by
cruelty. A sinner can't be defeated by sin; Anger can't be defeated by anger. Hatred can't be
defeated by hatred. Jealously can't be defeated by jealously. Defeat the cruel by compassion, sin
by purity, anger by calmness, hatred by love, jealously by affection.