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Positivity Empowers Everyone
But beware of toxic positivity.
I strive to be optimistic and positive.
Because I am human — and I have good days and bad days — I don’t always get it right. There are days it’s hard to get out of bed and face what’s coming. They’re not frequent, but they happen. Further, things can and do occur during a given day where you might get thrown off your game.
Just over seven years ago, I get onto Facebook on a Monday morning — and I was bombarded by negativity. General lamentations about another Monday, work, school, dealing with people, and all kinds of negative posts. It was disheartening and unfortunate.
That was why I decided, every Monday, to write about positivity. Over the past 7 years of writing about this topic, my take and approach to it have shifted some. But more than that, I’ve seen how empowering positivity can be.
Negativity tends to disempower. Why? Because it causes you to feel things like hopelessness, sadness, depression, distress, and other down feelings that make you feel like you have no strength. All your power is non-existent or otherwise useless.
Positivity is positive. Positive is a state of power that speaks of good. Hence, positivity empowers. And it empowers everyone.
