Need more positivism

So just the other we were pulled in to an advertising competition.. Who were the judges you ask? Online facebook users. How do they judge? Simple. Vote. But vote not necessarily the best, but the one you have been asked to. The one that represents your school, your region or simply the one that you were told to vote for. Fair enough you may say. I agree. But it did not end there. Further, go on to other ads and vote them down by anti-voting for them.

Sad. Not because we did not win. But because all what people wanted to do was anti-vote the competitor's advertisements rather than vote theirs. And this mentality of anti-voting is becoming prevalent in our society. This anti-voting is nothing but negativism. It is a cancer eating up the society at every level and this is what makes me sad.

Lets take some examples.

1. Constitutional elections. A candidate focuses MORE on what the other candidates did not do or could not do rather than focus on what he/she HAS done or CAN do in the future. Pull the other candidate down rather than pull yourself up.

2. Classroom. If you can not do good or match the students above you, blow their failures out of proportion or highlight the failures rather than pushing yourself to reach where they are. Pull them down if you can't pull self up.

3. Work. If you are not the best one around, prove to your boss that the best one is not really 'the one'. Complain, cry foul, find faults but not improve self. Pull the one above you so that you may step on them and move ahead.

4. Products/Advertisements. What better example than the famous Mac-PC ads. Focus on what bad the PC does and celebrate its failure. Pepsi-Coke have been-there-done-that and realized poking at each other all the time does not help.

5. Media. Blame a politician for neglecting one particular family but not appreciate the efforts he/she made for the entire region. Shout foul when a home sports team loses but not credit them with the fabulous victories they just achieved weeks ago. Focus on the negative.

Of course there is hope too. Not every one follows this. But there are many who do but do not even realize they are following the principle of negativism. We as a society ought to focus on positive aspects more. We need to collectively say NO to negative views.

Criticizing is an art says who criticizes. Critiquing is not everyone's cup of tea says who proud themselves with it. I can only smile and sympathize with them, for they do not know what they lack in themselves. And you may say I am here writing this post focusing on a negative aspect of life, but then again, the intent is positive and nothing but positive.