Do you find yourself in the company of those who like to gossip? Have you niticed how you feel when people say negative things? Do you join in or do you feel uncomfortable?
I have often wondered why we 'enjoy' putting other people down. Then I came across the following comment on one of my favourite blogs:
"
People get a hit of energy when they are negative about something."
While I was visiting Gretchen Rubin's "
The Happiness Project" I read how she thinks she can counteract this instinct.
Here are six of her suggestions for being more positive and less critical:
1. Give Positive Reviews
2. Leave things Unsaid
3. No Gossip
4. Cut People Slack
5. Be Easy to Please
6. Have a Heart to be Contented
She goes on to explain ... "the more negative we are toward others, the more negative they are toward us. Have you noticed that people who are very gossipy and critical are often quite paranoid? There's a reason for that."
My mission for this week is to notice when I am negative and to be more positive and to support others in this task.
Would you like to join me?
Have a great week
Love & Best Wishes
Heather x
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It has been really lovely here on Blogger, but I need to have my very own blog, so I've set up a WordPress one here. Hope you can come and join me, we would love to have you.
It's our 14th wedding anniversary today and so we have scheduled some 'us time'. We are going to spend the day enjoying each other's company and remembering why we love each other so much. It's nice to take time out to remind those you love that you are there for them and that they mean so much. Often we expect people to just 'know'. It's a wonderful affirmation to hear the words that come straight from our hearts. 
"When we experience pure silence in the mind, the body becomes silent also. And in that field of silence, healing is much more efficient". Deepak Chopra
Do you find yourself in the company of those who like to gossip? Have you niticed how you feel when people say negative things? Do you join in or do you feel uncomfortable?
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