Negative people will always criticize – Some people criticize no matter what. It does not matter which side you are on, they are always on the other side. They have made a career out of criticizing. They are “career critics”. They will find fault with every person and situation. You will find people like this in every home, family, office. They go around finding fault and telling everybody how bad things are and blaming the whole world for their problems. We have a name for this people. They are called energy suckers. They will go up the cafeteria and drown themselves in 20 cups of tea and coffee and smoke to their hearths’ content with one excuse they are trying to relax. All that they are doing is causing more tension for themselves and for others around them. They spread negative messages like a plague and create an environment conducive to negative results.
Robert Fulton invented the steamboat. On the banks of the Hudson River he was displaying his new invention. The pessimists and the skeptics were gathered around to observed. They commented that it would never start. Lo and behold, it did. As it made its way down the river, the pessimists who said it would never go, started shouting that it would never stop. What an attitude!
Some people always look for the negative – There was a hunter who bought a bird dog, the only one of its kind in the world that could walk on water. He couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw this miracle. At the same time, he was very pleased that he could show off his new acquisition to his friends. He invited a friend to go duct hunting. After some time, they shot a few ducks and the man ordered his dog to run and fetch the birds. All day long, the dog ran on water and kept fetching the birds. The owner was expecting a comment or a compliment about this amazing dog, but never got one. As they were returning home, he asked his friend if he had noticed anything unusual about his dog. The friend replied, “Yes, in fact, I did notice something unusual. Your dog can’t swim”.
Some people always look at the negative side. Who is a pessimist? Pessimists …
- Ø Are unhappy when they have no troubles to speak of
- Ø Feel bad when they feel good, for fear they will feel worse when they feel better
- Ø Spend most of their life at complaint counters
- Ø Always turn out the lights to see how dark it is
- Ø Are always looking for cracks in the mirror of life
- Ø Stop sleeping in bed when they hear that more people die in bed than anywhere else
- Ø Can’t enjoy their health because they think they may be sick tomorrow
- Ø Not only expect the worst but make the worst of whatever happens
- Ø Don’t see the doughnut, only the hole
- Ø Believe the sun shines only to cast shadows
- Ø Forget the blessings and count their troubles
- Ø Know that hard work never hurts anyone but believe “why take a chance?”
Who is an optimist? It is well described by the following:
Be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. Talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet. Make all your friends feel there is something in them. Look at the sunny side of everything. Think only the best, and expect only the best. Be as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own. Forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future. Give everyone a smile. Spend so much time improving yourself that you have no time left to criticize others. Be too big for worry and too noble for anger.
Even quite hard to deal with you. You are still my best-friend.
MY JOURNEY
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