I'm curious about the idea of not letting the emotions of a negative person affect you, and instead letting your own positivity influence them.
Practically speaking, how is this done? If one person is on a "woe is me" rant, and the other person is frustrated with their constant talk about being unlucky, what are the actual steps that can be taken to prevent yourself from being affected, save completely shutting the person out?
"That's nice, dear" sounds easy but is it really that simple? If anything, to me that creates a further gap between you and the other person, or gives them the impression that you feel you are above them and therefore don't need to listen.
So outside of actually trying to talk the person into positivity, how can one deal with these types of situations? |