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Do you have someone in your life who no matter what is a Debbie downer?

It can be perfect weather, perfect conditions, just perfection all around, and they find the negativity in a situation, even if there’s nothing negative of note.

On my relatively short list of things that truly annoy the hell out of me, that stuff really, REALLY, grinds my gears (shoutout to Peter Griffin).

As an avid twitter user, I observe the tweets and thoughts of the people that I follow, and from their words, I can get a pretty good idea of what type of people I am dealing with, via social media at least. While most of the people I follow are pretty cool and level-headed, there are some people that are just flat out depressing. And at a certain point, I just have to hit the unfollow button because I can’t see that constant negativity on my timeline.

There are a lot of ways to describe the type of people that I am talking about, but the best way to describe them is simple: pessimistic. And I for one, can’t stand that ____.

Now I have a lot of problems with people that have a pessimistic mindset. But my biggest problem is when people complain about things that they can control. In life, there are some things that are out of one’s control, like serious health conditions that one might come down with, or just random circumstances. But there are probably more things in life that you can control, or at least manipulate, and those things shouldn’t be complained about on a regular basis.

Feel like you’re out of shape? Go to the gym.

Don’t like your job? Look into alternative options.

Hate your relationship? Break up with the person and find someone who makes you happy, or make yourself happy.

It just really irks me when people constantly whine and _____ about things that they have the power to change. All that energy you’re using on complaining, you could be putting towards changing your circumstances.

My question for pessimists is quite simple: just how exactly do you go through life with a constant negative view on things? I don’t get it. Yes, I get down from time to time. I mean, who doesn’t? That’s life.

But EVERYDAY?!

There are some people who deal with things that you would think would make the average person have a down view on life 24/7 (and rightfully so), but those people are the most positive beings on this planet. If they can be positive, then someone who isn’t dealing with those same things should be able to conjure up some positive thoughts.

To me, it seems like it takes more effort to be negative than it does to be positive. Again, I know that from time to time life knocks us down and we feel like we just can’t win. But I just don’t get how you can stay down instead of getting up and doing something about the obstacles that life throws in front of you.

Personally, I believe in optimism. It’s just easier for me to be positive on a day-to-day basis. If I woke up without hope for good things every day, life would be so much more difficult. And life is already difficult enough as is.

Like Charlamagne tha God says, “Your thoughts become things.” And like I have come to realize, “positive thoughts yields positive results.” So if you’re one of those pessimists out there reading this, just take a day to practice having a positive outlook on things. I’m willing to bet that you will feel a big difference.