- Why focus on positivity -- other than the obvious reasons?
- Then perhaps you start asking -- How much of their surroundings do you think affects them?
This is a long post, but I put my effort into it.
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In the Face of Negativity
When we see negative things or have negative depressing things around us or watch disturbing news stories. It makes us negative too. Can you think of anything in your house that makes you feel negatively? Is it too cluttered in your house? Are there things strewn about and you have trouble navigating around-perhaps stepping on things, can't find the things you need quickly, and doors don't open all the way? Are there chores you have yet to do? Do you have a bunch of junk that seems to get jammed into the nooks and cranny's of your house or room? Anything broken that doesn't work that you haven't got around to fixing or replacing?
Can you think of any pictures or objects that even slightly urk you? You may not have noticed it-but of course there are some things lying around your house that you don't enjoy looking at, it's easy to admit. As humans we don't necessarily think about it consciously, but we turn away from these negative things subconsciously -- we either mentally don't think about, or we physically avert our eyes. These things bring down your attitude and your vibration into a more negative state. It can be very taxing on our energy. When we replace these things with more positive imagery we can begin to alter our negative states by starting to first clearing out the negative house.
I'm sure you have felt this before:
Can you remember the last time you had a big house cleaning? All fresh clothes-plenty to choose from. The trash can was just taken out-clean and empty now, clean dishes, clean room-all of those college papers neatly packed away, and your folders cleaned out for the new semester too. While you walk around the doors open all the way freely and there is nothing blocking your way. You see tranquil pictures of the favorite places you want to visit, misty mountains, deep rainforest, roaring city, or unperturbed icy mountaintops-which ever makes you the most at ease. And also, to inspire you-you decorate your house with your favorite heroes and role models on your recently cleared immaculate fridge to regularly remind you of your passions in life.
When you are surrounded with positivity, you bring positivity to the table. The end result of cleaning your house is a positive one, it can create a tangible positive change within yourself. This has to be true-I'm sure it's not your imagination when you feel cleansed after cleansing your surroundings.
Turn it Around, Go Positive.
We interact with life in so many ways, it isn't just your home, we can cleanse numerous parts of our lives. One way is to cleanse our interaction with the media. You can decide, right now, to remove negative news from your life-and invite positive news into your life. Instead of being concerned about wars and horrible events and financial scarcity-FOCUS on fantastic discoveries and small miracles that actually do happen. We hear about so many negative events we feel guilty for celebrating-yes celebrating-the positive ones. When something good happens, just ride on it. It won't do any good to be pessimistic about bad things-what are you actually going to do about it in that wallowing mood? Nothing stems from negativity but more negativity. If something bad happens, it's still important to be positive. Only when your positive are you on the right frequency to turn a bad event around.
I surround myself with the people and interests I love. One thing I have always loved is video games. My classics are the ones I love to revisit. I'm not as interested about actually playing games as much as I used to-but I revisit the positive feelings and the good times I have had with them when I think or talk about them.
We all have our own favorite times,
here are a few of mine:
Super Smash Bros. Melee. Playing this game always took place among copious diverse sets of friends in many surroundings. The thrill of competition, and the great fun with friends fills me with positivity and excitement. Games can have a profound effect on people. I remember playing the Super Nintendo game "Earthbound". You start as a boy with a baseball cap and a bat being overly normal until a meteor strike threatens humanity-and you are the only one to stop the destruction of your planet.
The game sends out numerous challenges that effect you on a personal level-far beyond the average game. One part comes to mind -- in order to succeed and gain the power you need to defeat Gigas (the one who is trying to destroy humanity), you must meditate to continue on. This evokes a situation where you are met by a spirit-and you must give away your ears and limbs and eventually all of yourself so you have nothing left. Then you are left only with the silence and stillness of yourself. After coming out of this experience, for your great sacrifice-you are bestowed with power to change the world.
Later on I shared this game with my little sister. She loved it! And I was there when she was fighting the last boss of the game. When I played the game I discovered a part of myself within it -- and afterwards sharing that slice with my little sister was a truly uplifting time.
What keeps me going strong today is positivity I invite in my life. I've always dreamed about spending my time writing and making my favorite video games. And one day I just decided that's what I wanted to do. For now I'm blogging and making these video game sprites and sharing them with people that also invite positivity into their life.
Just decide to focus on the good stuff-
It doesn't have to be difficult-just whenever you can, decide to remove a negative entity from your life-and invite more positive things into your life. You will feel more uplifted and be able to take action. It will be easier to follow the dreams that you know you have always had, without the negative to hold you back.