Aimee

let go of negative people in my life (read all 2 entries…)

*light bulb moment* 1 year ago

I realized that rather than letting go of the negative people in my life (avoiding them all together), I need to change my perception about them.

I am choosing to let go of my attachment to their negativity.

It reminds me of that quote: “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle”. I think either Elizabeth Barrett Browning or Plato said that. I think about that quote everyday, I should probably find out who actually said that.

Really negative people are very draining (& not much fun), but they are just doing the best they can with the tools they have.

May 04, 2007, 10:46AM PDT | 11 cheers

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TatorandTots

St. Philo

Had that quote on a magnet on my mini-fridge in college….

May 04, 2007, 10:58AM PDT | Thread | Respond to this

Aimee

thanks

I’ve never of heard of him. Who is that?

May 04, 2007, 11:02AM PDT | Respond to this 1 cheer

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May 04, 2007, 12:02PM PDT

ToddieM is enjoying every song that Enya ever sang

I’ve heard this idea as well, and realized I may have lost a few friends in the past because I was too negative.
Scary, hunh?

May 06, 2007, 08:55AM PDT | Thread | Respond to this 1 cheer

Aimee

I think that’s something everyone has had to work on – or struggle with everyday. The world can be a pretty negative place. It’s easy to be negative.

May 06, 2007, 04:03PM PDT | Thread | Respond to this

ToddieM is enjoying every song that Enya ever sang

Negativity can seem like the path of least resistance sometimes.
Countering that, however, is that it takes much more energy to be negative than it does positive.

May 06, 2007, 09:45PM PDT | Thread | Respond to this

Aimee

definitely. plus

the mind, body & spirit are definitely connected. Stress & negativity are toxic to the body.

Being a doctor, do you see that a lot in your patients?

May 07, 2007, 01:38PM PDT | Thread | Respond to this

ToddieM is enjoying every song that Enya ever sang

I do see some of the mindset in people that show up with the chronic diseases, the diabetes, and the arthritites of the world.
Their attitute is rarely the upbeat one that otherwise healthy people display.
I’m a big advocate of Kevin Trudeaus book about the wool that the pharmaceutical industry is pulling over this country.

May 07, 2007, 04:42PM PDT | Respond to this

TatorandTots

I’m afraid yet another memory breach in my Catholic schoolgirl upbringing makes me useless to answer that off the cuff. But
good ol’ wikipedia had this to say-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philo

Fiona

May 06, 2007, 11:58AM PDT | Thread | Respond to this

Aimee

thanks, Fiona. :)

May 06, 2007, 04:01PM PDT | Respond to this

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