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Originally posted by boncho
Every situation calls for different things. There definitely is certain kinds of positive thinking that becomes destructive however, I'll give you that.
Especially when destructive actions are masked in positive thought. So-to-speak.
Originally posted by arpgme
reply to post by boncho
People have the right to be angry about what they do not like, and just because a person is complaining that does not mean that they aren't aware that they are FORCED to get a job to make a living in this society..
Originally posted by AfterInfinity
But if negative thinking is only keeping us alive for more negative thinking, what's the point? Where's the joy?
Originally posted by AfterInfinity
Eventually, you get something good and you destroy or lose it because you're too negative to enjoy it.
Originally posted by AfterInfinity
At least when you're optimistic, you can be stuck waist deep in a pile of crap and you'll think, "Oh, look, the sun's out! Sweet!"
Originally posted by boncho
And for the people on the other end of the spectrum, who thought negatively in the first place, either didn't even try or felt it was a waste of time offering up the effort.
Well, and if it's for joy, what's the point? Unless you make joy the point and make the point be joy, for circular reasoning...
Whether you enjoy it or not, that will not change the reality that things eventually die and break. So you'll "lose" it either way...
And what would be the point of that? If you make "joy" the point, then that has nothing to do with reality, just your view. It is just your focus on "joy" or "love" in the middle of a pointless reality...
Originally posted by AfterInfinity
That's the definition of negative thinking. Be optimistic - no matter what you lose, there's still something you have. Unless you die. Then you're not really worried about it anyway. Of course, there's a lot of situations you might find yourself in, where life looks a lot worse than death. But if that's not what you're facing right now, what's the point of thinking that way?
Originally posted by AfterInfinity
reply to post by arpgme
Life is only pointless if you see it that way.
Originally posted by AfterInfinity
reply to post by arpgme
If you make someone happy, someone you care about, doesn't that validate your existence?
Originally posted by theMediator
Great OP, very logic and reasoned.
However, there's another theory that says that what you really want and what you believe in will happen...