Do positive thinkers need to grow up and get real?
I had an outstanding day yesterday. One of the many things that made me so happy:
I bought a new printer a few days ago, and had to take it back. When I took it back to exchange it for one that didn’t jam up every time I tried to print, I actually was given money back. Yep, the printer had since gone on sale and I exchanged it for a new one, plus they gave me money in return! I felt so much better after 2 days of a stupid printer that didn’t work. NOTICE, that is all about my perspective on that outcome? (I could have been angry, yelled at the customer service agent, demanded my money back, went to another store and purchased a similar printer for more money. That is probably how I would have acted a few years ago.)
So, I had a good day. This morning I woke up to find someone had commented on one of my blog posts…YAY! I thought, I am uplifted whenever anyone takes the time to comment. But this was a TROLL. Yikes. Yuck. Ick. 
I sent the comment to the trash because I don’t need anyone smearing ME with THEIR “junk” but basically I was told that I was naive and “to grow up.” (The issue was a post I wrote about the power of positive, group thinking, comparing it to a Criss Angel episode I watched 6 months ago).
In the last 2 or 3 years I have discovered that (GASP) I feel better, happier, safer, freer when I believe that positive forces rule/fuel the world. I am happier when I CHOOSE to see the positive aspects of my life, and the examples in it. Do I believe everything anyone tells me? No. I am the first to check out www.Snopes.comwhenever I’m sent a crazy email. Do I believe everything that Criss Angel (a paid illusionist) does is pure and real? No, but at that point in my life I was searching for a sign, and I think I got one. Does that make me naive? Maybe in some people’s eyes.
I the end I am happy and my family is happy. What else matters? I am going to continue choosing to absorb the positive vibes of those around me, and deflect the negative ones. There is enough “junk” in this world, and I have my own to deal with, I don’t need yours! (And you don’t need mine).
Hi Kim!
Completely agree with you. Funny, I think that people who focus on the negative or bad have it completely backwards. I choose to think positively because that what feels right to me. Call me an idealist, a dreamer, whatever – it’s what works for me. Anyone who thinks that the real world is doom and gloom and that us positivity junkies need to wake up or grow up, I believe, simply doesn’t understand how the universe works. The universe does all it does with positivity and effortless alignment, why should we, a living being of the universe, be the exception and operate under any other pretense? It’s my belief that trolls are pinching themselves off from what really is…
Keep doing what you’re doing – you’re great : )
Hi Randi!
My first thought as I read the troll’s comments was anger, and then sadness swept over me. I might be able to understand where they are coming from, but I don’t want to be empathetic to something so negative.
Thank you so much for your input, I appreciate the support, as I was full of all sorts of limiting beliefs as I wrote it! In the end, I have to “live my truth” as annoying or painful it might be to someone else!