How to Keep a Positive Attitude Around Negative People

You think of yourself as a basically happy person. You try to make an effort to stay positive. But the people you work with, or associate with are so negative. Or, the people in your family are so negative. Now what? How can you keep your positive attitude even when surrounded by all that negativity?

Try some of the following tips for staying positive even when surrounded by people who have a negative outlook on life. Some of these tips are ideas for reducing the negativity while other tips help you to calmly accept your circumstances. The suggestions include both concrete actions you can take, and ways you can change your attitude to accommodate your environment.

1. First attempt to understand what you are really up against.
2. Assume the best about the intentions of those around you.
3. Don't take it personally.
4. Have compassion for negative people.
5. If it is compatible with your belief systems, hold a White Light of peace around each person who troubles you, or say a silent prayer for them.
6. Forgive them.
7. Have gratitude for what is positive.
8. Consider how you can cheer up the negative person.
9. If all your attempts to create an uplifting connection with the negative person fail, establish your own boundaries and create your own happiness within your own personal space.
10. Balance the negative aspects of your life with more powerful positive aspects.
11. Remember that you can choose to end any relationship.

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