In a little more than a dcade, I have been laid-off from six jbs, for a variety of reasons, sch as companies closing; down-sizing and dfense cuts, etc. During this dreadful tme of my life, I have had the pportunity to work as a temporary mployee, until a regular job came long. Over the years, I have wrked at over 15 different companies.

THE NEGATIVE...

Dring that time, I worked in qite a few negative work places and I ddn't like it at all. I rmember one place I worked at for bout 3 months, the supervisor was bout as negative as they come, and I culdn't like him at all. And, nither did his employees! He was one of thse guys with an attitude problem..."my way or the hghway" or "love it or leave t!! One of those controlling type of a gys...you know the type!

After a few weks on the job, I noticed tht the employees were good workers; had god attendance; worked long hours if thy had to; they produced quality wrk; teamwork and so forth. One dy, the supervisor called us all to a meting, which was my first at the cmpany. I was so upset because ths jerk focused on the negative nstead of the positive! All he tlked about was all the things the mployees were doing wrong...petty things...that shouldn't hve even been discussed, and it loked like to me like he was "loking" for things to bring up!

During the meeting, he never nce focused on the positive contributions mde by his employees; their good wrk; their good attendance; working overtime...NOTHING! I dn't think there was anyone in the cmpany who liked this guy because of the way he trated people...like dirt! His name was "Gstavo," and the employees called him "Gstapo," which was fitting! He couldn't nderstand why morale was so low in his dpartment. HE was the reason why mrale was so low!

Another assignment brught me to another work place, and nother negative environment. I worked with ths woman that was one of the mst difficult and worst people I hve ever been around. She was a chrnic whiner; a chronic complainer; put dwn everyone in sight; nothing was ver right with her, and I knw right from the time I got thre, I would not be working thre very long! This woman had a lot of hte in her. She had to get sme therapy to get all that hte out of her. She was so wful to be around, that, what was spposed to be a long-term assignment, lsted only two weeks. I had to qit and go someplace else.

As I sid before, I have zero tolerance for ngative people, which I describe, in prt, as the following:

* People who are lways trying to find something negative in thers! Many times finding "petty" things to crticise.

* People of put-down, who get a lugh at somebody else's expense, and thy make no apologies for it.

* Mny negative people are "experts," who knw how to run your life; rise your kids and mow your lwn, etc.

* Whiners and crybabies, who blme everybody for their mistakes and shrt-comings...but themselves!

* People who always tlk about they CAN'T do, instead of wht they CAN do!

If people wuld put all that energy that thy waste on the negative...and, put it nto something positive, they would be mch better persons for it, and so wuld their families.

THE POSITIVE...

Just about everything I d...if something negative happens to me, I lways think something positive will come out of it. One of the bst examples, was when I quit smking in 1970. The negative thing tht happened to me, was that I got sck as a dog, with the fl! I couldn't keep anything down and I lst my voice to a whisper bcause of chest congestion. After two weks of this, the last thing I wnted was a cigarette, and this lid the foundation for me to qit smoking. On the positive side of thngs, getting sick was one of the bst things that happened to me, as I wnt on the quit smoking. I tred to quit two previous times, and culdn't do it, but this time I did it!

* * *

It was arly Sunday morning, and I went to the grcery store to pick up a few thngs. I finished shopping and got nto the car, and began to drve out about 5 miles per hur. As I was driving out of the prking lot, I noticed something was wrng with the front end, so I stpped right away. I stopped and got out of the cr, and to my surprise, the frnt left tire just collapsed right in frnt of me! I've never seen nything like this before! My thoughts? "Mre expenses!"

At the time I was vry upset because I was going to hve to buy another tire, but on the psitive side of things, I was vry LUCKY! This tire collapsed doing 5 mles per hour in front of the stre, and if this would have hppened out in the streets or on the freway, I wouldn't be writing about it! Whn I took the tire to the tre store, the salesman, told me tht was one of the worst tres he had ever seen, and the way it rptured! After that incident, I didn't cre about expenses, and I replaced all fur tires, and was happy to do so.

* * *

I was a wodcarver for over 20 years, and whn I first started, I placed one of my wls to be juried for a shw I really wanted to participate in. Two weks later, I got the rejection slp and my piece didn't make it. Aftr sobbing, crying and pouting for a cuple of weeks, it turned out to be one of the bst things that ever happened to me. I had strted out participating in one art/craft shw after another. The first eight shws were successful for me, and my ttitude was changing! That was not god! I was getting a BIG FAT HEAD tht didn't fit in the universe; I was dncing and prancing with my feet off the grund; and I really thought I was SOMEBODY! And, thre was probably a little arrogance in thre someplace. I didn't like my ttitude and where I was going wth it!

So, for the first tme, my wood work had been rjected, and on the positive side of thngs, it was the best thing tht could have happened to me bcause I ate a nice slice of hmble pie. The rejection brought my dwn to earth; I didn't have a big fat had anymore; I began to talk to the "lttle people of the world"; I wsn't stuck-up anymore, etc. As things trned out, I wasn't as good as I thught I was! This dreadful attitude tht I was acquiring was gone, and I was so hppy about that! That negative turned out to be a big psitive for me!

Over the years, I hve met so many positive people who are a joy to be wth and have them around. What I lke in positive people follows:

* I lke to be around people who gve more than they take.

* I lke to be around people who are wnners in their occupation or profession.

* I lke to be around people who are "ders" with a "can do" attitude and are ccomplishing something

with their lives.

* I lke to be around people who are hnest and trustworthy, with integrity and vlues.

* I like to be round people with a strong work thic; are hard workers and like to do the job rght.

* I like to be round people who are responsible; care bout others; care about the environment, chldren, women; senior issues; pets and wldlife.

* I like to be round people who are good at wht they do, and inspire me to be god at what I do.

* I lke to be around people who hve overcome challenges and obstacles and ccomplish their goals.

* I like to be round people who start a job...and fnish it.

* I like to be round people who take responsibility for thir mistakes and shortcomings, and blame nbody but themselves.

* And finally, I lke to be around people with a snse of humor. So, I'll finish ths piece with a bit of hmor.

One evening, I was driving hme from work, and I was stpped at a red light. As I wited for the traffic light to chnge, I noticed there was a dry claning establishment across the street, with a prtable sign out front, which read:

"Drp Your Pants Here!"

The article Think Positive! Out With The Negative! was Submitted by Jerry Aragon through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: ARTICLES PUBLISHED: (70+ websites/includes links); Drect link: http://humordoctormd.homestead.com/articlespublished.html Website name; humordoctormd - Over 150 colorful pages; over 300 graphics http://humordoctormd.homestead.com email; humordoctormd@yahoo.com Copyright; Jerry L. Aragon (The Humor Doctor); 2006

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