neg·a·tive

  • Harmful or bad : not wanted.
  • Thinking about the bad qualities of someone or something : thinking that a bad result will happen : not hopeful or optimistic.
  • Expressing dislike or disapproval.

I admit it, I have been negative in my life.  Everyone has.  We use excuses, life, fairness, work, situations etc as a reason for this behavior, but why? Why is it easier to complain, to try and put people down, to come up with a reason why the other person has success and we have not?  Life has its ups and downs but why do we jump at the chance to be negative? Is there a difference between a momentary negative reaction and being a negative person?

In the fitness world one of the biggest strengths is the negative, we focus on it, we strive to intensify it, our aim is to fail and push ourselves beyond what we believe is failure.  So why can we not put these same ideals into our own lives? Being negative has recently come to my attention as it is a result of a fear of failure, putting our own objections in front of us and when we put unsuccessful goals in front of us, we make up for it by trying to put down others who succeed.

On the positive…..

The bigger the goal, the higher the sense of accomplishment, the greater feeling of success!

On the negative…..

Not everyone can do what you do, no matter what it is or who you are, this I have realized.  We ALL have gifts, talents, success, intelligence and accomplishments! But yet, it is easier to bring someone down than to rise to their accomplishments….unfortunate but truthful, especially with the new age of social media and people free to express their own opinions.

As a society have we not expressed how wonderful we can be?  Have we not moved into an age where everyone is not put down for their age, race, sex, job or position in life? If not, then WHO in your life is like this? Better question, WHY are you allowing them in your life? OR are you the person that believes this? The truth is that we all are responsible for the negativity in our lives, we all choose to enhance it or eliminate it, we are all powerful and we are all strong! Its the belief in one self that will see us through the negativity.

  • Did you know that an act of kindness releases serotonin? 
  • Did you know that laughter burns calories? 
I challenge everyone reading this to accept the people in your life as those who accomplish and learn from them, I challenge you to stand up for yourself if you are in a negative situation, I challenge you to overcome your own feelings of negativity and start treating yourself as a success, I challenge you to not fear the unexpected, the failure and the objections in your life and most of all I challenge you to find a way to overcome it! 
I challenge all of you to smile through the storm, to get back on the horse and hit life back harder than you’ve been hit!
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