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Can You Tell If A Person Is Positive Or Negative? People try to make pets out of snakes, dogs, bears, lions, sharks, and others and in the end get killed. Why is this? The nature of the beast does not change. An ancient story about a scorpion and a turtle, who both needed to cross a river, has been told many times. The turtle could not see where he was going and the scorpion could not swim. They both agreed upon a plan where the scorpion would give directions riding on the back of the turtle. Half way out, the scorpion stung the turtle and sinking the turtle asked why? The scorpion explained it was just his nature. Far too many marriages, alliances, agreements have been made based on a modus vivendi (way + living), an agreement between differing parties to have some measure of cooperation, to allow life to go on. These relationships too often crash upon the rocks of reality, the nature of the beast. There are two kinds of people in the world. Those who are positive and those who are negative. It is not as easy to tell as we might think who is who. Negative people might even have better manners than positive people, dress better, live better and have more money. We are all receivers, as our bottom line is we desire. Positive people go one step further than our basic desire to receive, they also want to share freely. Negative people just want it eventually all for themselves. Even codependent relationships are unhealthy and basically negative. Scripture warns about positive negative alliances. Even born again people can be so immature yet that their positive nature may be overshadowed by their still rampant negative nature. As christians we need to not only be with positive people but strongly positive people. Test yourself. See through the day if you can actually tell a persons basic nature. Are they positive or negative people, sharing or self centered, scorpions or turtles? A rose by any other name? South Texas roses where I am presently. 
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I know something of what you are talking about regarding the influence of being around people. I have been around intellectually brilliant people. I was so impressed with their gift. Yet they had not the gift off faith and so their moral life was degenerate. Physical energy is also noticeable, as I believe spiritual energy. In all these areas I can feel either an energy plus or an energy minus. My post is focused on positive or negative people in faith. I would say Jesus is the most positive person in this way.
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