“Dwelling on the negative simply contributes to its power.”
~Shirley MacLaine
In life you tend to get back what you give out. At least that is what most people will say about how a person should perceive things. I was watching the news this morning and they have these motivational minutes where the guy will give a tip for success for the day. Today’s tip, in so many words, was that in order to have and attract success in your life that you have to wipe out the negativity surrounding you and get rid of those thoughts of what you can’t do and what you don’t have and just focus on what you can do and what you do have.
This ties into getting back what you give out because I suppose if all you hear is people around you telling you that you can’t do something, or that what you want to happen for yourself can’t happen, you start to believe it then you are putting out that negative energy. In turn all you are going to get back is negative results. This struck a nerve with me because it seems that the more positive I try to be about my circumstances, and about my dreams and what I want out of life, the more I get negative backlash from other people, one of whom happens to be my mother, who I should get the most support from.
When people say that you have to cut out the negativity from your life in order to really make your way towards success you never want that to include family. I am sadly realizing, or should I say accepting, that my mother is one of those people. When I make the mistake of sharing my ambitions with her she never fails to tell me that she thinks my dreams are impossible and that I am not living in reality. But if I only focus on what isn’t going right and what I have not managed to accomplish just yet then I would never move forward and enjoy all that I do have and the things that I have managed to achieve.
It’s true that lately everything has not fallen in line the way that I wanted them to, especially within this last year. However, no matter what, I will always keep pushing through and propelling myself towards accomplishing what it is I want. A person’s dreams are not just going to magically come true overnight but complaining about the bumps along the road is not going to change things one way or the other, so why waste that time that could be better spent.
There is always going to be that one person around you that will make sure to run down the list of the things that you can’t get done and rub in your face what you don’t have. But instead of listening to them you have to ask yourself why it is that they feel the need to tear you down and what is it that they don’t have that they are trying so hard to take away from you. Until the next time…try to enjoy the things that you have accomplished and keep building on those accomplishments!
Jimmetta Carpenter
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