I could go on and on about how this picture ... the quote "promote what you love instead of bashing what you hate" means in the world of politics and religion ...I have written paragraphs trying to express what this little ten word phrase says and means ... but today I'm not going to talk about politics and religion ... I am going to talk about the effect this saying has on personal relationships ... balance in romantic relationships and friendships ...
Many people have probably heard the "how full is your bucket" theory ... it started as an adult theme and turned into a popular children's story ...
Basically the point of the theory is that you add drops of water to a bucket with positive things and you take water out of the bucket with negative things ... the people that we love
should always walk around with full buckets ...
For instance ... if a boyfriend notices every time that his girlfriend has something on her face ... or her hair is messed up ... but never notices when she looks perfect ... insecurities will develop ... that may be a bad example ... but the point is that silver linings need to pointed out ...
Positives ... affirmations ... tell the people in your life what you love about them ... don't just nag and complain about the things that you don't like so much ... promote what you love in a person ... especially a partner/spouse/boyfriend/girlfriend ... promote what you love in them ... tell them ... don't just sit around and bash the things that you hate about them ... a relationship will never survive without at least balance ... and really the chances are low if that bucket is always empty ...unfortunately for the more negative people in the world ... it takes much more positive to restore what is lost with one little negative ... just some food for thought ...
