Encouraging Negativity Doesn't Make You Positive

Often times, we confuse ourselves into thinking we are so much different than the next person when we tend to surround our self around that same person. Maybe it’s the thrill of not knowing what they will do next that excites us. Some will just sit back and watch as a person destroys themself so that we can have the last laugh; on them. The truth is that when we surround ourselves around that negativity, it will wind up backfiring on us when we least expect it.

The world has always embraced negativity faster, and more than anything positive. We would much rather watch as someone continues to bump their head instead of expanding their mind. Positivity has always been recognized as square business, but negativity is embraced as in. Music that is known to be positive struggles to make it to your CD player because of a possibility that it might make you recognize yourself.

Most of us from the hood were raised around domestic abuse, substance abuse, and unstable environments that shaped our mind into embracing these situations that we know are harmful to us. These same actions were tried and tested time after time for many years, and they all shared similar results. Divorce, family separations, drug abuse, prisons, and poverty have wrecked havoc on us for years; with no end in sight. We continue to surround ourselves with negative people that have negative energy. Very few of us are willing to stand up and stop encouraging these behaviors by some of our closest people.

Just because we surround our self with people that we say we wouldn’t be anything like doesn’t mean that we are squeaky clean in our own self. We can’t just stare at problems and not say that we aren’t part of that problem. It would be hard to get a grip on the fact that you could have done something about the death of a close one; but you didn’t. A lot of the time, we are right there encouraging the problem without intervening and possibly creating a different outcome. You may be the most positive person; but this displays negativity.

We have a lot of people doing what they know isn’t them simply to follow trends or stand out or keep from getting ridiculed. Many people have the desire and the know-how to be leaders; but it is easier to follow. New rappers that don’t even have money rap about money because all of the industry stars do. You hear rap about killing others’, and they don’t even have a gun. People follow so hard that they destroy their initial motives by trying to keep up with what they are hearing, more than what they are seeing.

Even if we have done these same things mentioned, it is never too late to make a difference. If you have a partner that you know is destructive, shouldn’t you TRY to keep them from destroying them self. You can’t change anyone, but you can definitely encourage them to do better instead of encouraging their negative behavior.