One of my co-workers has recently decided to hate the world and everything in it, and has brought that hateful energy into the work place every day since. They complain about every thing humanly possible. I will admit that my work place can be a bit disorganized and hectic, but the lengths this person goes to make sure we all know how frustrated they are baffles me. Negative energy surrounds us everywhere we go, and whether you believe in energies or not, negative people will have an effect on you. Negative people rub off on those around them and create problems that weren't there in the first place only to continue complaining about them. So if this negative energy in another person can be so toxic and contagious, what happens when that negative energy dwells inside yourself?
Bad days are inevitable. Sometimes you're late and you spill your coffee and you forget your textbook at home and it feels like the universe is out to get you; and I, of all people, understand a healthy amount of "bad mood" days. But as of late something has struck me. What exactly does a bad attitude benefit? When a customer at work is rude to you and then you decide to carry that negative experience with you for the rest of the day, lashing out at anything and everything you don't agree with, who exactly is that helping? You are effectively harming those around you with unnecessary anger and, more importantly, harming yourself by allowing that negative energy to take root inside you and grow.
I am a firm believer that part of the human experience is feeling your emotions to their fullest extent. I also believe that excessive negativity towards trivial things stems from a deeper place of hurt and anger. Often times when people seem to be impossible to satisfy and complain incessantly, it is because they are in the middle of personal turmoil. So if being human requires feeling everything as fully as we can, and you choose to mask your true emotions with negativity in all parts of your life, you are ignoring your innermost reality and denying yourself the peace you deserve.
In all seriousness, our days alive are numbered. Not only are they numbered, but there is no possible way for us to know that number. So by all means, have your bad days and have your good days. Every human emotion will crop up uncontrollably -- happiness, anger, jealousy, sadness -- what matters is that you make a conscious choice to interpret those emotions for what they really are and reject the ones that do not serve you. Invite positivity in, surround yourself with people who bring out the best in you and allow yourself to recognize and release toxicity in your life. Make the choice to be the happiest self you can be today, and let that be enough.
