Our team at Monroe Media defines the word "positive" not by defintion, but rather as a way of life. For there are always ways to leave your mark on society to benefit the world in a positive way. You just got to keep your eyes open!
On the contrary, an antonym of positive is negative. The age old debate: pessimist vs. optimist. Is the glass half empty or half full? What are you? I suppose some better questions might be: how happy are you if your a pessimist, or how far skewed is your reality if your an optimist? Life throws bad apples at everyone, curve-balls and screwballs, situations that just make you want to break down and scream why me. Why am I having to deal with this now? If your like me, you get heavy dose of these bad apple situations everyday. But here is a reality. In most all cases, you will have to choose one side or the other. In our minds and hearts, we must choose to take away something positive or negative from any given situation or circumstance. I cannot sway your minds and hearts in the decisions you make from day to day, but I can tell you some stories and lend you this advice. If you are constantly seeing the bad, absorbing the negative from situations, walking away angry, it will stress your body and mind possibly leading to a unhappy life. This is not good.
A wise boss once told me he learned more from someone who he absolutely despised working for rather than someone he loved working for. I said, "What!". He disagreed constantly with this person, and could not come to terms with this person's view. He then went on to tell me, "you see, I learned exactly what I didn't want to be from this person." This man was best boss I have ever had. You see, he learned from something that was rather unpleasant in his life and then converted the negative into a positive.
This past summer, I would have to stand under the sun on a black asphalt for a period of time - typically around 2 hours. It was rather unpleasant. I sweated. I was too tall to stand underneath the umbrella stand provided. I remember being absolutely miserable sometimes. I told myself, well, if I am going to be out here in sun I might as well get a tan. So I would roll up sleeves and just consider it free tanning salon. I told my friend this story, he chuckled and said, "that's a rather optimistic approach, most people would have probably complained about having to stand outside in the heat for that long."
But you see, in most all cases, you will have the choice to take away the negative or the positive. All I'm saying, is look for the positive out there. It's probably there somewhere hidden behind all the negative, and if you find it, it might just bring you a nice tan.
"positive." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2009
Merriam-Webster Online. 23 September 2009
[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/positive]
Merriam-Webster Online. 23 September 2009
[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/positive]
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