How to Stay Positive in a Negative World
Negative input is all around you, but that doesn’t mean you have to let it run, or ruin, your life.
By Shawn Doyle
Imagine tomorrow an alien landed on planet Earth, and the first thing they did upon landing and getting out of their space craft was to research their new home planet. They picked up a few newspapers and randomly flipped around various channels on television. If they understood what was going here on earth by seeing all that disturbing stuff they probably would jump into the little saucer and fly home. Why would they want to live on a planet that was full of terror, murder, violence as well as fires and disasters just to name a few?
As a motivational speaker and a book author, the biggest question that I get is, “How do you stay positive in a negative world? After all, what is there to be positive about?”
I believe that it is a matter of mindset and perspective; there is good in the world, there are positive stories every day that we never see. There are strangers committing act of kindness, there are doctors saving lives, there are people volunteering hundreds of hours to help others, there people selfishly giving themselves in service to the world at large, and there are millions of people every day who give love to…