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Dear Magnolia,

Is it possible for a negative person in my life to drag me down? I’m usually pretty upbeat, but there’s someone important in my life who has had a terrible attitude lately, and I swear it’s like it’s contagious… and almost like she likes that!

M.B.

 

Hey M.B.,

That’s totally one of the hugest reasons that I am always trying to tell everyone that they cannot let outside people bring that energy into their lives… YOU cannot let outside people bring negative or bad energy into YOUR life. You have got to protect your positive vibes and good spirit!

Have you ever heard that one saying, “misery loves company”? It’s totally true. It happens all the time, and it’s so sad… there’s a lot of people who are miserable that would totally feel better if they knew someone else was miserable with them. They actually WANT you to fail so that you can be unhappy with them. It’s not like your failure or misery makes their problems any better, they just don’t want to see you happy if they aren’t.

The bigger problem is that you can bring someone in thinking that you can help them be better, and instead their negativity is so crazy pervasive that it drags you down with them instead.

Do not let anyone else darken the light of your spirit. Whatever it takes for you to keep your light, do that. Go there, be that person, whatever. It’s way too easy for a negative person in your life to drag you down. You gotta be strong, and stand up and not let it happen!

Good vibes always,

Magnolia Jade

 

Dear Magnolia,

What do people have against a simple life? What’s up with people always feeling like they’ve got to be rushing and complicating and like… making things hard? What’s wrong with setting yourself up with routines and systems that keep your world running smooth and clearing all the extra junk from your life?

LR

 

Hey LR,

You and M.B. up there had questions that made me want to copy and paste what I answered to the other. Maybe you’re dealing with the same person?! Either way, I think you guys could totally be friends and ditch your negative people.

It’s the sad truth, misery loves company. It’s the sad truth that there’s a lot of people who would totally dig their heels in and swear that you’re wrong when the truth is that they know you’re right, they just don’t want to face it.

We’ve spent most of our lives being told to buy something else on top of something else for more money than the last thing and that we’ll be happy after that. And there’s people who really believe that, so they’ve bought everything, and so you really can’t be right that clearing junk from your life can be a good thing. Because if that’s a good thing, then they were wrong to end up with so much junk in the first place.

Go out in the world and be a positive force. Set up whatever routines or systems help to make your world go round, keep you positive, keep you happy, and make your life peaceful.

Most of all, that’s the problem, you know. People are too afraid to find out how much better their life can be if they’ll just try something different.

Good vibes always,

Magnolia Jade