As humans, we naturally strive to be happy.
Yet, when given some actual thought, being positive all the time is not happiness.
It’s called mania.
Mania is experienced by someone suffering from bipolar disorder — a condition where some can only experience one emotion at a time, such as happiness, despite all external experiences.
There is nothing worse in the entirety of the universe than an overly positive person.
People who have their heads so far up their own back end that they are close to self-asphyxiation make me want to asphyxiate myself.
The world is balanced, and it is so for a great reason. For every good, there is a bad, and for every negative, there is a positive.
I am sure you are familiar with this concept. Yin and yang.
How could we know what it is to be happy if we are never sad?
Humans have a wide range of emotions, and it’s only natural for us to feel them — when they are appropriate to the experience.
One should be happy when spotting the last double chocolate chip cookie at The 5 and sad when some punk snatches it right before you can get your hands on it.
By no means am I saying that we should constantly be negative.
Yes, sometimes we are negative when we shouldn’t be, I agree.
But rejecting negative emotions isn’t healthy. It’s called repression, and it can lead to some serious mental problems.
People may argue that negativity is inherently selfish, and in turn, negatively affects others.
This does have some truth in it. Negativity does affect others, but expecting people to always be nice to you is selfish.
We aren’t children who need people to curb their negativity just to spare our precious little feelings.
By no means should we expect people to be nice with us just because not being nice may hurt our feelings.
Your mother may have told you once, “If you don’t have something nice to say, then don’t say anything at all.”
This advice is completely ridiculous.
It is the epitome of childishness and doesn’t promote a creative environment. If I am being rude, I hope that someone would stop me, realize the necessity of negativity and say, “Hey, you are being mean.”
A world where everyone is always positive would be miserable.
In fact, it is.
My friends were being nice when they allowed me to strip the color from my hair.
As the bleach turned my hair from a light shade of brown to blond, my friends’ comments turned from “It isn’t that bad” to “Wow! The bleach is working
really well.”
Now I walk around looking like some real life version of Johnny Bravo, resulting in my negative feelings toward not only myself for making this stupid decision, but also toward my friends as well for allowing me to do it.
Before you go and bleach your hair or allow your friend to bleach his or her hair, take this article to heart.
Essentially, we are humans and we have feelings both positive and negative.
It’s not our duty, however, to care about everyone’s feelings.
It’s our duty to make sure we express ourselves appropriately.
So save your friend from looking like a cartoon character, and be negative when necessary.