World-renowned phrases, like
“Ah…..its impossible!!! “, or or, a “No way that’s gonna happen”, from any
random individual springs about a large consensus in anybody’s mind, a
consensus which could elaborate on a whole lot of ideas, but could be referred
to as in a really small way. A NEGATIVE ATTITUDE.
Its so often that I hear
people saying, “Smoking Kills” or
“Say no to drugs…live longer” etc. There is
another member of the society that has immense potential of threatening
anybody’s life for that matter. A not so uncommon member, Mr. Negative Attitude
can really put an individual in torment. All-though it may not directly harm
the body physically at all times, it does have a large and negative impact on the
mentality of mankind. In today’s world, it is so important to carry a positive
attitude everywhere you go. People today, look for several opportunities to
make a better living, to support their families, to live a life anybody would
enjoy living. These are notions one cannot just achieve overnight, or in the
blink of an eye. So, what is the secret to attaining these notions? Yea yea,
like always, people advice to work hard and to never give up. Keep dreaming,
keep working towards these dreams etc etc. What happens, when, in the course of
working really hard, one fails? This is the main part in staying on the road to
success.
Its just like walking along a road, and coming across two diversions.
Only thing is that here, one has to decide, whether he has to put his failures
behind him and work harder or to give up and say “So not possible”. This is
where one must decide whether to keep the much important positive attitude
going or to just let the negative attitude stream in bringing with it really
harmful consequences.
I truly believe that carrying
about a positive attitude bears fruits in contrast to the negative attitude
that bears only pain. Look into the past, study about your ancestors who have
made the world you live in today. I bet you would agree and say that the world
we live in today meets each and every need of ours. The world that provides us
with a lot of fun, joyous memories and a completely easier way of living is in
every way a result of the positive attitude that our ancestors carried about
with them.
Take a look back, had Thomas
Edison said to himself, “Darn it, I’m never going to get this thing to glow”
after several of his attempts, we never would have been able to see at night!
Or, If Henry Ford sitting in his, then a dazzling ford had said to himself “I’m
never gonna get this Baby to move”, we would have faced a lot of transportation
problems in today’s world…! Open your eyes wide, and observe
how awesome, wonderful and advanced our world has become. Of-course it has come
about mainly due to the efforts and hard work our ancestors put in, the sweat
they shed and the hours they spent on research and development. What fueled all
this was the very fact that they had a positive attitude and not the devilish
negative attitude. Just imagine, had it not been for the positive attitude they
stuck to, we would’ve had today’s world as an exact replica of our past. I can
take so many examples to establish in your minds, as to why a negative attitude
kills. In fact, it just does not kill the competitiveness inside you, but it
also kills the very fact of you succeeding in making your dreams a reality.
So this is why I feel a
negative attitude can really kill the actual person inside you. A negative
attitude can act like an inhibitor, where expressing your talents is concerned.
Of all, one’s talent is hurt the most when a negative attitude is working at
full swing. We all know what rich talent can do in today’s world. Talent has
the potential to be any career’s backbone. If not career, it could be of
immense help to the society, and the world could be an even better place to
live in. The funny part is always hidden, and people fail to realize that there
our instances they miss out on, which could get them a good laugh. I bet you
would have heard people say “Thank God it was just an Apple that hit Newton’s head
and not a coconut”. Had it been the latter, the very notion of gravity would
have seemed strange to us. So that is one instance, while the other is always
hidden. Newton didn’t just sit down, crack his brains for 10 minutes and say,
“Ah….people…I have discovered Gravity!”. It took a lot of hard work and
dedication. Failure visited him before Success did, but he never let the
negative attitude overtake the positive attitude. And hence, today, we have a
chapter on Gravity in our Science books! So there you go, try and imagine
other-wise and you will know why a negative attitude kills.
A negative attitude can end a
person’s life as well. We all have heard of suicide. The very idea and act of
suicide can be rooted from a school of thoughts. Stress, failures,
responsibilities etc. People who take to ending themselves up often have a
negative attitude controlling them. They think failing in life means the end,
and this makes them weak, stressed up and obviously they feel that their life
is hopeless and meaning-less. So they end up as a suicide victim. Only if they
had kept a positive frame of mind, and said to themselves, “Surely there is a
lot to learn from these failures”, they would be living now, and who knows,
they would’ve seen their much awaited idea of success not far from now. But
alas, they just had to keep that negative attitude in them, and get themselves
ruined. So there you go. Now you very well know how important it is to keep a
positive attitude going inside you. No matter what the situation is, and how
bad it is, a positive attitude can give it a real camouflaged identity and very
soon you will find yourself riding along merrily on the seldom traveled road to
success. Why I say seldom is because many people don’t have that frame of mind,
like the few who know they have to stay positive all the time.
So my advice to you, always
stay positive. It may be the hardest thing to do, but believe me, it’s the
safest option. As they say, “When the going gets tough, the tough get going!”. So
now you know why you must stay positive….! You have two options, think positive
and succeed or think negative and find the end to everything….its your choice…but
in the midst of deciding, never forget one thing. A Negative Attitude, DOES
KILL.
