"Be positive"...ARRRGH!

[Bold Believer]

Every time I hear people blather on about being 'positive', it makes me want to scream. Nothing is EVER to be 'negative' in their eyes. Don't tell them anything that isn't cheery and bubbly. Don't call to light the evil in the world, for that will cause such people to launch a tirade about how 'negative' you are. It reeks of New Age teaching, and to make things worse, it's prevalent in many churches today . What say you all?

[Cajunluvie]

I'm positive these people think it is a positive thing but really, it is positively unrealistic.

[~candice~]

Drives me up the wall.

[Bold Believer]

I'm positive these people think it is a positive thing but really, it is positively unrealistic.

EXACTAMUNDO! (as the Fonz would say) And to Candice, yes, it's enough to drive anyone up a wall.

[cherylu]

I add my total agreement to every thing the rest of you have said!

[j102]

Every time I hear people blather on about being 'positive', it makes me want to scream. Nothing is EVER to be 'negative' in their eyes. Don't tell them anything that isn't cheery and bubbly. Don't call to light the evil in the world, for that will cause such people to launch a tirade about how 'negative' you are. It reeks of New Age teaching, and to make things worse, it's prevalent in many churches today . What say you all?

i think i have a 3 step program that can help

step 1. record one of those positive thinking sermons you hear at church

step 2. playback the sermon to the preacher when they are going through a hard time.

step 3. ask the preacher if its that easy when the shoe is on the other foot.

oh f.y.i. although my 1st language is english i am also extremly fluent in sarcasm lol

[georgedrw81]

Once we accept Jesus and God we become and are allways positive.

Blessings

[enoob57]

God did not call us to easy... in fact He has called us to impossible without Him initiating!

For out of the heart... speaketh Lk 6:45

[Guest]

Every time I hear people blather on about being 'positive', it makes me want to scream. Nothing is EVER to be 'negative' in their eyes. Don't tell them anything that isn't cheery and bubbly. Don't call to light the evil in the world, for that will cause such people to launch a tirade about how 'negative' you are. It reeks of New Age teaching, and to make things worse, it's prevalent in many churches today . What say you all?

I couldn't agree more. Frankly, that sort of unrealistic "positive" makes me want to puke.

Sound harsh? Jesus said there would be tribulation in our lives. This is a fallen, sin scarred world, and it not home -- and is certainly not our friend. There are times when life just hurts -- and its not wrong to say so. To say anything else is to deny reality.

Jesus also said that He had overcome the world, so we need to keep our eyes on Him. We won't make it without Him!

[nebula]

Once we accept Jesus and God we become and are allways positive.

Blessings

No, George. God does not call us to be "positive." He calls us to have faith.

There actually is a difference.

As for "always positive," those words are very condemning on people like me who have chronic depression struggles.