Stay positive! :)

Hey, look who dropped by NBC's Today Show on Thursday.



When asked about problems affecting the world today, the Dalai Lama told Ann Curry something many of us already know, but lose perspective of quite frequently - these problems are temporary. It was nice to hear that he thought in the bigger picture, people of the 21st Century are becoming "much happier and compassionate" as compared to people of the 20th Century.

Expanding on this, the Dalai Lama said that many of the problems in the world are man-made ones, meaning that of course, people then have the ability to resolve them, too. (He did make note that natural disasters are different.)

Referring to the large response by people around the world to earthquakes in the world, including Haiti, and the Tsunami, the Dalai Lama said he believed that showed how much more compassionate and considerate people of the 21st Century are versus the 20th Century, calling them "positive signs."

It wasn't all rose petals. He recognized the violence in the world, saying that "some mischievous people" are always there and always have been for thousands of years. However, he said he believes those troublemakers are in a minority compared to the larger, more positive population of humanity.

And I think he's right. We as a species tend to narrow in on that negative event, person, etc, and take it as wider example of humanity or society as a whole, when in fact, it's not really the case. Think of ten people you know. Out of those ten, how many are people who at the heart of things, are good-natured, well-meaning people? I think most times we'll find the majority are. We just focus on the one that stands out negatively.

His recommendation to humanity was nothing earth-shattering to anyone who's already familiar with these concepts, whether it be via this blog or from reading any Eastern Philosophy material...it's all about adopting the right and more positive attitude. With that, we can all eliminated or reduce the negativity in the world.

And with that right attitude in mind, I'm going to go have a great day. I hope you do too! :)