Can Negativity Poisen Your Body?
Most of us would agree that negative people are toxic and will drag you down, so is Positivity also contagious?
The real question might be what does it matter to me? There are a million self help books and gurus out there that will talk about how you draw what you are to yourself, what you put out into the universe is reflected back at you. You can read all of the books in the world but most of us just have to experience this for our selves for it to really take hold.
My Story
About 3 months ago I went in for an MRI on my back, this was the second time I had done it, the first was about a year and a half ago. This time I was ready to go under the knife and fix this ruptured disk once and for all. It seemed no matter what I did it would not get back to 100% I could live with it, but it was holding me back.
After the MRI I meet with PA, this should have tipped me off right away, the Dr. was not even going to waste any more time on me. She told me that the ruptured disk had regressed to the point that it was no longer surgical, “great” you say, not so much. This basically said “Suck It Up and Live With It” not the answer I was looking for, I wanted a 100% fix, not a band aid.
So after a few weeks letting the sting of this prognosis sink in, I decided to start believing that I had no pain. Not easy as it was still nagging me, not usually a 10 but often a 2 or 3 on the pain index.
I changed my attitude, no longer even telling people that it was “pretty good” or “tolerable”, I just said it was “great” or “doing much better”. So what have I concluded 3 months later, damned if it isn’t getting better, in fact the more I say it the better it gets, having a positive attitude really does make a difference. This should not surprise us, think about the little extra bounce you have in your step after hearing “Welcome to Wal-Mart” from the cheerful senior at the door.
We can not always decide what life is going to send our way but we can control our attitude about it, and I am confident that what your attitude is will make all the difference in the world about what people think of you and how far you will go in life.
