We Need Negativity, Too

As much as we need more positivity in the world today, negativity is also a necessity.

Negativity is a necessity.

There are always two sides to the coin. Light and dark, short and tall, up and down, positive and negative. Because the Universe is all about balance, both are necessary.

The reason we need more positivity in the world today is because we are out of balance. Negativity dominates us. We may not desire to see it that way, but that doesn’t make it any less true. All you have to do is watch the news, scroll through Facebook, or browse any other part of social media, and you will be absolutely bombarded with negativity.

The thing of it is, we cannot rid ourselves of negativity. Why? Because we need it. Without negativity we would not know positivity. One coin, two sides.

Feeling negative is an emotion we can use to spur us to action. We can take that bad feeling and employ it to create something better to replace it.

Trouble is, we are losing sight of how to do that.

Negativity can be blinding

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