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It's all about learning more, more about yourself and about life, I try to see all arrivals as teaching moments.
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They are all random occurances. It is up to each of us to make the proper decisions that will determine our outcome in this life.
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Events in life are inherently meaningless. We assign value to whatever the event is. So when someone enters your spectrum, you decide if their presence is positive or negative.
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I feel like I can usually tell right away.
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I feel like I can usually tell right away.
Negative people I avoid:
* No sense of humor
* Twitchy with no physical disorder to warrant it
* Have absolutist beliefs (go to church or go to hell types among others)
* Excessively self-absorbed, close-minded
* Boring people (the kind that use the word staycation without grimacing)
* Corporate drones (Truly, I love this! I love my cubicle! "Let's circle back around, Bill." ). It's OK to like work and say that, but let's not pretend it competes with island life. And, absolutely no use of corporate catch-phrases. Ever! "Let's see if the *folks* down in marketing can do the data dump." You sound crazy-I don't care if the rest of the herd talks this way. Don't do it!
As to positive people. Positive people bring something to the table. So, you feel good being around them. If it feels wrong, I just walk away. Life is too short and there's plenty more where that came from.
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Even those who come into your life for a "negative" reason will cause something positive to come out of your experience every single time, whether that is a lesson learned or an introduction to the would-be love of your life. God works in mysterious ways.
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If they make you more unhappy and cause more problems than you would have had you never met them.
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I try to take the high road with everyone and hope it rubs off on the negative thinking or behavior. We only have each other to learn our wrongs and rights. None of us is perfect, The focus needs to be on self.
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There's no way to tell right away. You have to form a relationship with that person and depending on how you meld with them, you can tell.
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At the end of the day, I think people come into my life for a positive reason, even if their entrance may initially appear to be negative. Applying the life lesson, "Everyone that crosses your path has something to teach you," I believe others come into your life to grow you. So maybe the question isn't "Is this person going to be a positive or negative aspect in my life?" Rather, try "What can this person teach me?"
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I wouldn't think people would come into your life with intentions most of the time. I would think that most interaction would be happenstance, surface encounters. "Reasons" come later.
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I wouldn't think people would come into your life with intentions most of the time. I would think that most interaction would be happenstance, surface encounters. "Reasons" come later.
I guess I rely on my gut feeling.
Unless they're hot. Then my gut is no good.
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The "fruits they bear in abundance over time"; which ties to the spirit that is in them. (A perception I think we are all capable of developing, should we wish it. But it's not an easy perception to develop or have. It means damping down ego enough that one is not just seeing reflections -- both positive and negative -- of themselves!).
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The "fruits they bear in abundance over time"; which ties to the spirit that is in them. (A perception I think we are all capable of developing, should we wish it. But it's not an easy perception to develop or have. It means damping down ego enough that one is not just seeing reflections -- both positive and negative -- of themselves!).
And I also think that we have both the choice and the power to turn even encounters with people enslaved-to-the-negative into positives in our lives. But again, only if we've taken the effort to develop a spiritual perception.
Without this, it is too easy to be mistaken, misled, duped into thinking negative is actually positive. This is the point at which "bad company corrupts" even the purest of heart going in.
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Positive, because there is camaraderie and enjoyment with them. They make you feel good and help you learn new things.
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Positive, because there is camaraderie and enjoyment with them. They make you feel good and help you learn new things.
They might throw you curve balls, but that is what friendship is about.
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I don't know if people ever actually intend to come into your life for a certain reason. But looking back... it seems like the people who have come into my life and ended up not being so good for me are all people who kind of made me tired. Like, tired to talk with them or be around them. Those people tend to kind of suck everything you have right out of you and they're not really good for introverts like me.
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With my old boss/ friend there is some controversy. He never paid me but I DO have a VERY good recommendation from him, and as he gets businesses going, I know I can always get a job from him no matter what.
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