(ThyBlackMan.com) Very recently I was posting back and forth with a friend on Facebook who made a plea that was so disheartening that I was moved to send her a private message. I will not go into details of the conversation, but I will hit on one thing that we discussed.
The conversation or should I say my message turned to the topic of negativity. My friend spoke of being empty because she felt that she was lacking something in her life.
I found myself telling her to start doing her. You all have heard the phrase “do 
you”. Well I told her that she needs to start doing her. I feel that I could tell her this wholeheartedly because I have been there myself for years.
I suggested that she begin to find her joy and her passion. With love I also brought to her that she needs to stop sulking and get a more positive attitude. Again this was done with love and not a feeling as if I were above it all. I have been around it, beside it and under it, but never above it.
I went on to talk with her about speaking positive thoughts into her life and her existence. I simply said “stop being so negative“.
Just as everyone else I have issues and demons that I am dealing with. I work very hard at not allowing negative thoughts into my mind. And yes I am not always super charged with being positive, but in comparison to years ago I now make a concerted effort to speak positive thoughts into my life.
I believe when you put those thoughts out there they come back to you like a boomerang. When I think negative thoughts big or small I immediately snatch them back.
I believe that negativity is energy. And when you constantly think bad thoughts negativity will continue to surround you through sadness and anger. I think it may even attack your body with sickness.
So as I was telling this to my friend and as I am writing this for my readers, I am also writing this for myself, if not more. I realize that negativity has no part in my life. Yes I also have to remind myself and even chastise myself at times if I think negative thoughts towards myself and others, since I am a work in progress.
Let me end by saying that life is too short to spend it focusing on unhappiness, negativity and what we lack. Instead let’s focus on the thousands upon thousands of things that we are blessed with. Let’s teach ourselves to speak of good things and not the negative.