Hi Everyone, I’m in a very thoughtful mood today and I want to share my thoughts with you. I hope you’ll sit with me for a few minutes and share your thoughts.
These days, I don’t spend a huge amount of time on social media these days. I prefer to hang out in my Subscriber Zone instead. But I was browsing Facebook. I’m careful to follow people, groups and pages that help me to feel positive and I will happily block anyone who dishes out negative vibes.
I follow a local group. It’s not for the village I live in but a bigger village close by and I like to check in on this group to see if there’s anything of interest.
I generally find groups like this quite high value, but, on this occasion, I was saddened by the huge amount of negativity. I was going to say shocked, but, to be honest, I’m not shocked by this sort of thing anymore.
The negativity tends to be in replies to other people’s comments and I just don’t understand it.
Why do so many people feel they need to be hurtful, disrespectful and generally a negative influence? I really don’t understand it.
Once, I spot this going on, I quickly remove myself. I don’t want or need this kind of interaction in my life. And I work to clear the energy.
A phrase I love to use is – That’s not my truth.
I put those people outside of my energy bubble and focus on kindness. I send anyone who needs it loving energy.
You can read about my energy bubble and how it helps me. Give it a try for yourself.
It seems easier for some people to be negative rather than kind and helpful. These people have low energy – Low vibrations.
As much as I am tempted to add my own negative energy to the situation by thinking badly about these people. Instead, I try to acknowledge that these people are the people who need to improve their energy the most. So I focus on kindness.
I ask you to be a positive voice. A positive voice in the World, in your family, in your friend’s group, in your local community, online… Everywhere. Your voice and your thoughts add energy.
Let us all focus on keeping our energy high and improving the energy in every situation we are in.
Reality Check – I’m Only Human
You know, I’m not a Pollyanna who thinks the world is all good and full of sunshine and roses. No, I know there are bad things happening in the world.
I know there are huge problems across the world, I know many people are struggling right now.
I also know that I do not need to add to those problems by adding low energy.
Reality – Sometimes I forget myself and all that I know and I do have low and negative thoughts. I call them ranty thoughts. When this happens, I acknowledge it (spot it) and swap those thoughts for something better feeling.
Most people have problems at some level in their life, their job, their business… I certainly do and I’m certainly not a happy ray of sunshine all day, every day. That’s not me.
But, no matter how bad my day is going, or how low I feel, it’s never, ever okay for me to spread negativity online or in person.
Now, in real life, I am putting my hands up. I sometimes blurt things out before my brain has had time to process whether it’s kind or helpful. If it wasn’t I do try to make amends. I certainly work on shifting my energy as quickly as I can.
But, online there really is no excuse for any kind of nastiness, cruel comments, hurtful words…
PAUSE – ALWAYS PAUSE before you send anything online. Take a breath and ask yourself – What’s the energy you’re sending with the message?
The things people write online will have an impact on other people. Always, always read anything you’re going to put online and check if it’s kind, true, helpful, respectful… If it’s not, question whether you need to share it.
It seems to me that some people are in the habit of typing out any thought that comes into their mind and hitting publish without actually engaging their brains to see if they should be making this public.
And the reality is that if you’re not used to focusing on the positives then yes, it does take a bit of effort. But the thing to understand is that focusing on positives becomes a habit over time, it just takes practice.
So I ask you to do the following…
- Check anything you are about to share online to see if it’s spreading positivity or negativity.
- If you read something online or watch something online and your thoughts instantly go to a negative response, please take a minute. Ask yourself if this is necessary to share or get involved in.
When you’re posting online try to keep your messages positive. Again, this doesn’t mean that you need to be a Pollyanna, with your head in the clouds.
I’m simply asking you to share your message in a way that is kind, helpful and respectful to others.
Life Story
Here’s a little life story. I recently cooked a meal that my grown-up son didn’t like. He told me in no uncertain terms “This is disgusting!”
I have two things to point out. My son is a genuinely nice and polite person – Most of the time. And I’m a fairly good home cook.
The reality was that the meal was not disgusting. I ate it and it was really tasty. My son simply didn’t like the meal and a more appropriate comment would have been “I don’t like this meal.”
Everyone in the world will never have the same beliefs or opinions. You’re unlikely to have the same opinion as all of your family and all of your friends. That’s normal. As long as we can be kind and respectful of each other’s beliefs and opinions, we’re good.
I want to finish off with a little law of attraction advice.
What you focus your attention on is what you attract back into your life. So, if you’re set on spreading negativity, don’t be surprised if you constantly attract negative things into your life.
If you’re interested in learning more about the law of attraction and how you can use it to help create the life you want, read my free guide: How to use the law of attraction
Focus on positivity. Your life will be better for it. The world will be better for it. Thank you.
If you’re already spreading positivity I thank you. If you don’t feel positive, please find people who do spread positivity and highly limit those people who spread negativity. Create your energy bubble – Protect your energy.
For every person who is negative online, there is always someone who will be doing their best to help you feel positive, be helpful, be respectful, and be kind. Connect with those people. Much love. Wendy
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