The Butterfly Effect

I am big on the following.  It was a quote from a James Clear email a while ago.
"If you look for evidence that people are conspiring to hold you back and the world is working against you, then it will take you no time at all to find precisely that. If you expect to encounter helpful people and experience a world that is working with you, then you find plenty of evidence to support that view as well.
The raw material for a sweet life or a bitter life is always there. The story you emphasize is the one you notice."
What I am big on is what I emphasise grows.  It is true for myself and others.  Only the other day someone mentioned they felt they needed a bath after taking with another.  The reason was the negativity that was emphasised.
I think most people experience examples of that and I know I endevour to not be that person.  It is so easy to talk about the bad things that may be happening to me or the bad things I see happening in the world.  The other day someone said they no longer concentrate on something as they found they were getting angrier and angrier.  So the best thing to do was walk away.
It is not a case of burying my head in the sand, but a choice I make not to treat it like it is all there is.  As the quote emphasises both elements are present.  Good and bad.  As always I have a choice.  If I choose to emphasise the bad, then there is plenty to keep me going.  There seems to be more and more of it at the moment.
But I can also choose to emphasise the good.  Instead of highlighting the obvious bad I highlight the good.  As has been stated much more is achieved via carrot than stick.  I am thinking it is what “pass it forward” is all about.
When I encourage and highlight the good then good tends to become more pervasive.   The “Butterfly Effect.”   I want to be a part of the solution rather than a part of the problem.