Negative Nellies
May. 14th, 2008 06:47 amIt gets on my nerves to be around someone who is in a really negative headspace, especially if I know that person is chronically that way. But even being around someone in a temporary foul mood who can't stop with the negative pronouncements makes me a little crazy.
I think that's a lesson to myself, both to a) be compassionate when others are in that kind of mood and b) when I occasionally get in one of those moods, to be as gracious as possible about getting over myself and not inflicting too much of my negativity on whomever I'm around at the time. It's OK to be in a bad mood once in a while, but it's no excuse to be a jerk.
I think that's a lesson to myself, both to a) be compassionate when others are in that kind of mood and b) when I occasionally get in one of those moods, to be as gracious as possible about getting over myself and not inflicting too much of my negativity on whomever I'm around at the time. It's OK to be in a bad mood once in a while, but it's no excuse to be a jerk.