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Originally Posted by impaul99  Man, if you could hook up a loudspeaker to people's brains so you could hear the thoughts they are thinking it would probably blow you away just how much negative thinking goes on in people's brains. It's horrifying how much negativing most people think of. |
It is. This has been a challenge for me. It's only when I decided to do my best to avoid negativity, especially in the workplace, that I realized how much of it was there. This is brought up in the Attractor Factor, how just about every conversation is negative. And it is.
In the office, or at least mine, a big one is gossip. Nitpicking co-workers when they aren't around. And boy does it feel good. That's why people can do it for hours on end if time permits. And I was pretty damn good at it.
But I am catching myself, today I was about to say something negative about someone, but I caught myself. I couldn't see the point, so I just didn't finish what I was going to say. It felt a little awkward, like I needed a sense of completion, but I just let it go. And I had the opposite experience with this person, for the rest of the day, then I would have otherwise. Complaining about certain peeves, seems to make sure those peeves show up in your interactions. I still have to do this consciously, but I intend to do my best to just not talk trash or get caught up with negativity, the best I can.
When I first considered not gossiping, not talking about negative things at work, or the world in general, my first thought was, "then what the hell am I going to talk about? So I'm just not going to talk anymore? How boring."
Anyhow, back to the prayer talk.