2016/05/01 (Sun) Positive Emotions Change Your Life

Positive Emotions Change Your Life

 

                   There are many different types of energy which you experience and create that affect how you feel and what you accomplish throughout your day. The things you do, you think, and you say all produce energies that impact you and those around you. “Go for it!”, “Thank you!”, and “Good job!” Encouraging and complimenting people can be the examples of creating positive energy. It gives people many benefits such as giving motivation, confidence, and warmth. Once a person becomes positive, his or her energy spreads out and it often gets transferred from person to person.

 

 

There are many kinds of “positive energy” that can be given to people. They are the behaviors and the words that lead people toward having positive emotions. For me, the most important positive energies are joy, interest, and hope.

 

Joy:

Joy is a common term of showing your happiness. As a positive emotion, it is probably the most common one to be associated with positive energy. It shows people that you are happy and having fun. It is a very good example of positive energy because no one would want to see someone having an angry or sorrowful face. The smile of happiness that is shown on a person’s face also makes other people become more positive.

 
Curiousity:

Curiousity is what can help us to meet needs and achieve our goals. Being curious in what is going on around you and in the world gives space for you to have discoveries. Furthermore, when other people look at you being interested into something, it motivates them as well. 

 

Hope:

Hope is the belief of a future where good things happen to you. When people hope of having a good future, they will be able to work hard in order to get the goal. This can let you experience joy and other positive emotions.

                  

 

Gratitude, encouragements, and compliments also give a lot of positive energy. Unlike the three I mentioned before which are joy, interest, and hope, these three elements mainly gives positive energy out to the people around you. From showing gratitude, encouragements, and compliments, they will be able to have motivation doing things.

 

Gratitude: 

Gratitude is one of the strongest actions which correlates with positive energy. Expressing gratitude not only reinforces the internal positive attitude of realizing good actions, but it also helps you recognize the pleasure in helping others.  

 

Encouragements and Compliments: 

Encouragements and compliments give good and positive feelings to people around you. Your encouragements and compliments are valued in society and have the potential to motivate and encourage others.

 

 

On the other hand, there are also negative energies. Negative energies create blockages to your happy life. They create exhaustion, confusion, a slower pace of thinking and acting, depression, weaken you, and eventually create real physical illness. Examples of negative energies can be fear and anger.

 

Fear:

Fear takes you to a dark world that makes you afraid of more things you face. Once you are afraid of something, it will be hard for you to become braver and handle other things.

 

Anger:

Anger is one of the most powerful and vital emotions. It can be a necessary tool for surviving in communities. However, it can also become problematic. Anger can take many different forms, from temporary irritation to festering for many years. Most of these forms hurt people down to the deepest part of their hearts. Being angry not only hurts people, but also makes other people become angry. The anger can be transferred to even more people sometimes.

 

 

To emphasize the importance of positive energy, there are several good examples. The best example that popped into my head was the Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE) occurred on March 11, 2011 in Miyagi, Japan. This magnitude-9 earthquake brought huge disasters to the whole of Japan. More than 15,000 people died because of the 128 foot tsunami and the meltdown and release of radioactive materials. In this situation, people who survived felt empty and without hope. Many people felt di sappointed and blamed the world for taking their family and friends away from them. Some of them even wanted to give up surviving. At this time, people from all over the world gave encouragement and volunteered to help Japan. People who were having difficulties appreciated the encouragement and the volunteers very much. Their warmth provided positive energy which gave them the motivation to survive. People who were in a hopeless situation became more positive because their hearts were full of gratitude toward the people that helped them. 

 

 

Comparing the differences between positive energy and negative energy emphasizes the better points of positive energy. Also, the GEJE tells us that positive energy can even help people survive. Positive energy not only can cheer people up, but can also make other people become more  positive and give them happy energy and emotions. I believe your life will improve more and more if you work on creating more positive energy.

 

 

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