Guest Blog Post: Positive v. Negative

I was dismayed recently when I went to look back at some of my former students' blogs, and I discovered that they had all been deleted. Presumably, this was a result of the transition in student email domains from lovelandstudents to students.lovelandschools. Nevertheless, whatever the reason, I was bummed. I had some really good student blog examples there, and now they are gone. All of them.

I was visiting with Addie Sholar, one of my former students who had written a great blog entitled Inevitable Passion when she was a student in my class, and I shared with her my frustration with all of the great, lost blogs. So, what did she do? She wrote a blog post for me to share with my students. How cool is that? I am posting it here for my current and future students and anyone else who wants to read something interesting. Enjoy!


Positive v. Negative, by Addie Sholar:

Hello again fellow humans, nice to talk at you again.  I just thought I would drop in and throw out something that has been itching at my mind lately. Let me ask you a question. Have you even walked up to someone to say hello… There is an awkward pause, and then one of you starts to complain about the weather, work that has yet to be done, how hungry you are etc? (By the way, no one really cares if you’re hungry) I have walked into those situations many times, and it really got me thinking. Why the heck do we start complaining when we don’t know what to say? Is being negative really the only way we can fill the awkward silence? Please tell me you know what I am talking about? Don’t you think it is a little ridiculous? It is very interesting how our minds immediately gravitate towards the bad instead of the good.

I want to ask you another question. Do the conversations that start off negative usually last very long? Do they bring smiles to people’s faces, or joy to their lives? Nope. I can say for sure that they don’t. They just clear out space above your head for a dark little storm cloud to inhabit.

If you agree with what I am saying, why not try and change it?  How about the next time you go up to someone and talk to them you immediately try to bring joy to the conversation? Try to make them laugh, or talk about what the best part of you day has been. Little sprinkles of positivity can change ones feelings in a second. In this crazy, chaotic world wouldn’t it just be easier to forget the negative for a second when having quick conversations with friends or family? Think about this for a while and don’t be afraid to sink your feet into positivity, it might just turn your day around.