Too many people find negativity titillating!
Butterfly Sand
Curiosity run amok . . .
Too many people find negativity titillating!
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Butterfly Sand 
Its just a way of covering our fear. Each time I reach for a chocolate…I know i shouldn’t…but oh the temptation…and I’m lost…again! š š¤£
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Chocolate will never be a negative in my world!
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Oh…ok then, I’m with you š š¤£
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And modern media stokes the flames.
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That particular flame should be extinguished but I doubt it ever will be.
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I would go so far as to say they thrive in it – it’s their raison d’ĆŖtre (my mother-in-law was one)
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I think that is an excellent observation! And why do some mother-in-laws get that mean?
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Thank you š
She was a miserable sort. And not because she is my mother but the three sons-in-law all adore her… š
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Sadly true
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Unfortunately
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Another nail you hit on the head! Misery loves company. Negative people are miserable!
Ginger
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They are! They are! I would love to have them sit on a magnet and change their polarity. I’m just sayingā¦
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Negativity has a deflating effect on me…
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It makes me angry. And I don’t like the me that is angry.
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Sad how so many people think that way and sadder still are those that take pride in their ignorance.
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To me, that is terrifying!
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Being negative is so easy I wonder it’d it is natural because positive is work.
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That is a very good point.
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And they love to share.
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Unfortunately.
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Without negativity there is no progress. Affirmation is easy and comfortable, one doesn’t need to think. Negativity needs thinking. Therefore falsification is the basis of scientific thinking.
Wishing you a great weekend
The Fab Four of Cley
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You are right. Negativity forces us to overcome. And that is not all bad. But a steady diet of negativity can be demoralizing.
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As a scientist and author I was dependant on criticism to develop my idas and my writing. It seems to me, it’s important how people deal with negativity. A lot of people are too lazy to deal with it.
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That is also very true.
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True that. š¦ … kind of nauseating.
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It really does make me feel sick.
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