Do you think every negative thing has a positive side as well?

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

I haven’t cooked for a very long time. The day before yesterday I caught some bad flu and have been staying home and having high fevers.

However, surprisingly I started wanting to learn how to cook. Today, I cooked 3 meals for myself! I find it so amazing!

I would never imagine myself starting to like to cook. Seems like you can make a positive experience out of anything negative.

[dynamicyandere]

I believe that there’s always a silver-lining and positive spin one can take on anything.


That’s how I live my life.


Worst case scenario, you can still practice gratitude about how things could have been worse.


Even something as bad as childhood trauma.


Going through that is a horrible experience.


But, it can be used for good if that person becomes a more empathetic person that can comfort other who have experienced trauma, because they understand it first hand.


Your house burn down? You can be thankful that you’re still alive and you can use this experience to motivate you to live life more intentionally, cherishing the time that you have, because you don’t know if you’ll ever be as lucky if it happens a second time.


And the list can go on.


There’s always a more positive perspective you can take. Sometimes you need to zoom in. Sometimes you need to zoom out.


But if you find the right perspective, you can always find a way to not be negative.

[artgorgeous]

Cooking is neither negative nor positive. It is essential. That's a huge + to woman's karma.

I do agree that negative thing always have a positive side. But only at one condition: if you're willing to learn based on negative experience to not repeat it again in future.

[DubiousIntentions]

I would never feel like doing much of anything if I had the flu. How in the world did you have the energy to cook?

[ScisorsAndRaisins]

You're welcome.

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

I know…. It was crazy. I have never felt that weak and since I live totally alone here in a different country, I got very scared.

I did many things. I went to the clinic, took my routine blood test, took Influenza test, to figure out whether I had Type A or type B, took CT scan to check my lungs. I have never had this bad flu. I was wondering what was going on.

Thankfully all was great and I was sent home saying my body would fight off the virus itself, but because I had the routine blood test results and realized which cells of my body were fighting hard against the virus, I decided to help them out 😃😃

So, I ordered the healthiest and the best possible products to strengthen the immune system and got into the work.

It worked perfectly, today morning I woke up as if I’ve never been sick. And it’s just the 3rd day.

First two days though I was so sick, I called my mom and she sang me and read me some bedtime stories so that I could fall asleep.

This has not happened since I was 10. Imagine, how sick I was that I asked my mom to read me a bedtime story at the age of 26. 🤣

[BoopBoopBeep]

I dunno... Prison rape seems pretty inconvenient ;)...

I think that's great about you and the cooking thing. It can actually be a lot of fun when you're experimenting with new stuff.

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

Well, yes… Prison rape can be extremely traumatic. Now I feel sorry I sad every negative thing can have a positive side…

[BoopBoopBeep]

Haha no don't feel sorry. You have a lovely attitude, I was just passing forward an old army joke.

Smack my hand.

[Guido]

Anything negative can be turned into something positive with the right attitude.

A number of years ago I was very unhappy with my job and quit without another job to go to and had a family to support but I felt good about it. In a very short time, I found a great job the paid 3x what I was making and loved it. One if the best decisions I ever made.

[strateguy632]

the order was wrong, first find the option before quitting

[Guido]

I couldn't. I was in the military at the time and had to give 6 months notice to leave. Nobody held jobs for that long. No regrets. It was the best decision.

[AngryCarl2]

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Except Covid, that can really screw you up. Unless you're a Republican, in which case you're immune lol.

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

I am vaccinated against Covid and had it twice, recovered pretty easily, my grandpa passed away though. So, I do hate Covid.

What I hate the most is that, he asked me to take him to vaccination and I was so depressed due to the problems of my relationship that I delayed it and he caught a virus 2 weeks earlier than his vaccine appointment and his heart stopped on my birthday after 31 days of fighting for his life. That’s something I will never forgive myself.

I usually never get viruses, at least before 25, I literally have no memory of ever catching anything serious. This flu though, was really much harder than Covid for me. I am all fine now, lasted just 3 days and it turned me into cooking haha

[AngryCarl2]

I'm sorry for your loss.

[Andres77]

Many inconveniences, even some tragedies are blessings in disguise

[Andres77]

I hope you feel better soon

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

Thank you 😇😇

[msc545]

Unfortunately, I think some things are just plain negative and some things are just playing positive without any reciprocity involved.

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

You write with your voice? 🤭

I agree. But I try to find something positive, usually.

I think apart from the death of loved ones, almost anything can have something positive in it.

Mayybee you can try to find them.

[Anonymous]

I am a recovering compulsive gambler. I won’t go through the details of what happened but gambling almost killed me. It’s been absolute hell getting my act together ever since. I’ve been clean for 1.5 years though.

I will say I’ve overall become a better person since this has happened. Not just with not gambling but I am working and thinking harder, cleaning up other issues in my life, more appreciative of things, etc. I believe God had to give him me a hard lesson for a reason.

[Mangospacho]

Some negative things can have positive effects but a lot of people just focus on the positive too much and ignore the negative effects completely and miss the point entirely.

[CuriousTommy]

I don't know food wise but in general in life yes

[Wonderingguyy]

Yeah definitely. I’ve been though some crazy shit that I never thought could possibly be beneficial, but there are definitely some great things in my life that I wouldn’t have without experiencing those prior struggles.

[Grond21]

Every negative thing does have a positive side or a side with deeper meaning.

[Meropatrick]

No. Some negative things r pure negativity. Tell me what the positive about losing a limb? Learning how to live cripple? To walk in a new way?

This positivty Thing sounds dreamy af and divorced from reality

[ScisorsAndRaisins]

Absolutely. It's the law of the universe. It's all about polarity. I've tried to teach guys this in the dating world, but it's kind of a waste of time.

[ProbablyClueless]

Not every situation, but a lot have both positives and negatives.

Unfortunately, there are some situations that just suck.

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

Yes, I agree to it, we never know what we can do until we take that big step to do so. I hope you feel better with that flu.

[exitseven]

Nope, there are plenty of things that have no upside.

[DarkWinterNights]

Cooking is like reading for me. I’d like to do it more but I’m just too busy all the time.

[nobodythenomad]

The real question though. What did you cook?🤤

[Christoff92]

Yes. What's bad for you cam also be good for you.

[slatyb]

You mean like the war in Ukraine? No.

[KrakenAttackin]

You don't know how to cook?

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

I just didn’t enjoy cooking. I can cook if I want to and today and I learned 3 new meals.

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

Do you know how to cook?

[KrakenAttackin]

Yes! Its not that hard.

[KrakenAttackin]

If you can read you can cook.