Hello readers & Happy Hump Day!

I hope that this week has been going well for you. And if it hasn’t been going the way that you want it to, why not start today to turn everything around? Acknowledge the good experiences you have had so far & make an effort to turn those bad moments into great moments. And if you’re waiting for the week to be over, good news is that you made it halfway through the week. Keep pushing and it’ll be Friday before you know it.

In the midst of all the challenges you face in life, sometimes it can seem hard to stay positive, to see the good and not focus so much on the bad. But in allowing negative energy to plague us, we can never truly experience happiness. Negativity can consume you into an endless sea.  It’ll have you only seeing the bad in situations & never accounting for the good. And sometimes, your sea of negativity is brought by the company you keep.

So, I’m going to tell you a story about one of my friend’s and her experiences. And yes she’s fine with me sharing this. I have a friend who is very uplifting, encouraging and all around a girl you’d want to be friends with. But recently she shared with me that she altered herself in order to fit in with some friends. Some friends she later realized were contributing to her sea of negativity. These friends started off being so good to her. She and her friends were so inseparable. However, one day she thought about how their friendship worked. She realized that she had begun feeling left out and had to take an extra two steps to catch up, to feel included, to make them pay attention to her. They constantly talked about people & she found herself doing the same, in order for them to  laugh at her statements and make her feel like one of them. But one day the negative comments they made toward others, also began being made towards her. Making her question who she was, how she looked, and ultimately feeling bad about herself. She continued on being friends with them but started saying less and just observing. But there was a feeling eating at her soul that she couldn’t shake, something telling her these relationships weren’t for her. That feeling that made her feel so unsettled, that was the negative energy associated with the friendship, the energy she had adapted as well.

Once she realized that these friendships weren’t healthy for her, she began to slowly weed herself away. This was a process in itself. Getting rid of negativity is not easy. Especially if that is how you’re used to thinking, whenever something occurs you automatically think of something negative to say or a negative emotion to feel. But she overcame this all because she didn’t want to continue being sad or worried because she allowed her negativity to navigate her life. Her story inspired me, and I felt that is was appropriate to share. We all have moments when our thoughts aren’t always positive, where everything seems to be falling apart and we choose to dwell in these unfavorable circumstances. Being unhappy, always seeing the bad, and succumbing to negativity is a choice. You may not see that, but I promise it is. Just how you choose to speak negativity, you can choose to speak positivity. Instead of saying, “I’ll never get the job I want,” say, “I will work hard to make it where I want to be.” How can you expect good things to happen when all you speak about are negative things?

Life and death lie in the power of the tongue. Have you heard this saying before? Well I promise that it holds true. When I want something but doubt my chances of accomplishing it, then it seems things always turn out bad. But, when I want something, pray on it, and speak life over the potential of my victory, it seems that things always work out. You have to positively speak what you want for your life. Say it out loud! You can accomplish any and everything that you put your mind to. The road may be bumpy and unappealing, but it can happen. Nothing can be accomplished without consistency and hard work and hard work is not always pretty. And this is when you feel like giving up but keep pushing on. Do not let negativity win! You have control over your life and how you think/feel about certain situations definitely impact your life.

In life, it’s so easy to speak negativity, to focus on the bad, and dwell on these things. But you have to make a choice. You must decide if you want to be bitter or if you want to be happy. And you cannot have true happiness while being bitter. You will never appreciate your accomplishments because you’ll always think of the negative things that could occur. Today, choose to speak powerfully over your life with positivity. Let go of those negative thoughts, they are only trying to get you down and keep you down. Choose to move forward, choose to be happy, the choice is yours.