Negativity

Negativity is like a plague. It destroys you swiftly and silently. You do not even come to know when it starts effecting you and soon it completely takes over your life.

Negative people and a negative environment will creep up upon you, no matter what you do. These will eventually burden you down. They will destroy all creativity and happiness within you. They will rob you of the simple joys of life. They will turn you into a negative person.

Avoid negative people at any cost. These are the people who are always talking about other people faults. For these people, the grass is always greener on the other side. They always talk as if they are a victim and how bad this world is. They always see the dark side of life and the dark side of people. Everyone except them is to blame and is at fault. They are doing their best. Its the other person who is the problem. They feel they are 'smarter' than everyone else.

Another form of negativity is, when it arises because of your own self. This happens when you become negative by nature. Negativity is a parasite. At first we get immense ego satisfaction from it. You truly feel you are superior to other people. However, slowly but surely it will eat you up. It will feed off you and grow stronger, at the same time making you weak. All your energy becomes focused on negative thinking, negative statements and eventually leads to a negative lifestyle. Opportunities will fly by your face and you will not even recognise them because you are too busy criticizing the world or someone. 

I recommend everyone to read "The Power of Positive Thinking" by Norman Vincent Peale. Its an amazing book.

When you are positive your dreams can come true. Negativity, in any form, hacks away at these same dreams. You exist but remain a fraction of whom you can truly become.

Be positive every single moment of your life. Its the greatest gift you can give to yourself.