Try to be positive!
Why is negativity so appealing? It captures our attention like nothing else, and is the inspiration for so many of our actions. I can list right now over 50 words associated with negative emotions but damned if I can come up with more than 10 or 15 positive ones. Try, it's tough. It would be ok if we expressed more positive emotions despite having fewer of them, but we don't. People show their irritation, anger, sorrow and grief much more readily than they will show their gratitude, joy and happiness. Ok, yes, most people will smile and be polite before they will be rude and flippant, but I am talking about real emotions here not our everyday show face. Are we afraid? Afraid that if we speak of the joy we are experiencing and express it, that it will disappear? Afraid we will seem boastful or unempathetic to the woes of our friends? Maybe some feel they have no right to truly feel happy, they haven't really earned it. Whatever it is, it's certainly not contributing to