Mr Negativity

There's this guy in my class who is always moaning.

Now, I write this, and it seems like a good way to start a story about how this guy is so miserable, that in his absence, it is noted how "less gloomy" the aura is. I have someone is my life that is ALWAYS willing to call me a moaner, a negative Nancy, or whatever other names you give to someone that is constantly miserable.

I feel that I am extremely sensitive to the energy around me. I absorb both negative and positive emotions. I remember watching "The secret life of bees" set in 1964 North Caroline featuring Dakota Fanning and Queen Latifah as well as Alicia Keys and Kate Hudson to name a few. One of the supporting actress' is very sensitive to people's pain. She basically cries for the world and carries every bodies pain. Anything that is upsetting whether it was a past infliction or a current hurt, would make her burst into tears and she'd write it on a piece of paper and stick it in a makeshift wall she'd created.
Watching this character brought me to tears. Firstly because no one should ever carry so much hurt as to end their life as she did, but also because I could relate to her somewhat. I write. This is a blog posted on the Internet for anyone to see. There are things I write in a journal put in safe keeping. Deep emotions that can get so dark and twisted they scare me sometimes. So I write them down and put them away.

Anyway, back to Mr Negativity. I have never uttered a single word to this man, but I can tell you about his drama with his now newly engaged ex/ baby mama... I can tell you about how she was out drinking one night at the same bar he was at and how he had to leave because he couldn't stand to see her with her new fiance. I could also tell you how this man refuses to see his son, and has taken absolutely no steps in the right direction to stepping up and being a role model this little boy can look up to. He bitches about his job, about his clients, about how they are all old. YOU WORK IN PHARMACEUTICALS DUDE. He says his clients complain a lot. Well, of cos they do you idiot, THEY COME TO YOU TO FILL A PRESCRIPTION.

So he wasn't there today, in class, and I turned to the young lady who sits beside me and I asked her where her "friend" was. She then proceeded to blow my mind and say: "It feels so much lighter in here, he carries around all that negative energy that weighs the energy in the room down". I was absolutely floored.

And this experience will somewhat change me. Because I know I can get depressed sometimes. And it's easier to wallow in your own misery, than admit that you're being pathetic and just get over it.

One guy effects the attitude and aura of an entire classroom, why give bad energy so much power?!

No ways what I say!!!

The law of attraction is the strongest power in the universe. He has brought so much negativity into his life, and unfortunately I don't see a change as he continues to bitch day in and day out about how much his life sucks.

If I one day feel the need to tell him to stop moaning (because honestly, he makes my life sound good) I'll say: "Cheer up chipper!"

So, I will smile... Even if some days I have to fake it till I feel it. Right now, it's all very very real