Positive Thought

This may be a little pessimistic but I'm starting to seriously wonder about the concept of  the power of positive thought. When I was younger (only a short time ago, actually) I honestly believed in the idea that if you sent out positive energy you would receive it in return. Okay, so I now see how silly it sounds when I write it down, but I challenge you to think if you've ever felt that thinking positive would acquire a better result. It's not such a hard idea to subscribe to. I mean, many people (including myself) believe in Karma; the idea that our actions will cause a ripple effect and come back to us ten fold. So the idea that we could do that with brain waves isn't that crazy of a concept. Or is it?

Tonight I was angry because I felt like karma was on vacation. I had done multiple good deeds, gone above and beyond my job, and yet when I needed someone to help me, no one was there. I was angry; oh you can only imagine how angry. So someone insisted that I think positive. That by not worrying about the problem so much, and "visualizing what I wanted" things would solve themselves. Well tonight, I called shenanigans on that in a heartbeat. I was upset and fed up with the false promises of thinking positive. I mean, even the person who recommended this therapy was guilty of blowing up when things weren't going well. What happen to positive thought, Missy? And then, it really dawned on me. It's as simple as the classic phrase: the squeaky wheel gets the oil.

No one likes a complainer, a whiner, or a Debbie Downer. What's important is to look at how people deal with them. I don't know about you, but in my 25+ years of my experience I have most often seen people take the same approach: shit them up. It's like a child causing a tantrum in public. the parents find it easier to give in than to hold out. So if the people who are doing nothing and still complain get special treatment then what happens to those who stay quite and do their job. Obviously you guessed it, they get screwed. You asked for a real world example? Okay here's one: a girl complains that she can't stay at work till close because the weather is bad and she is afraid of getting home safely.  Her request is indulged because she is vocal about it. Then in turn, her loyal coworkers are forced to pick up the slack. After she is off work, she decides, last minute, to go out to drink with her co-workers, disproving her claim of worry about getting home safely.

Okay, so you may think I'm getting off topic with this, so let me bring it all together. The people who quietly think positively about their future get forgotten about, while the people that negatively vocalize their opinions get taken care of. After experiencing this time and time again, I seriously ask supporters of the "positive thought" to come show me how that can really work.

And trust me, I'm positive about this....er.....i mean negative about this. Wow, this is tricky.