A farmer’s plow broke, and he thought he would ask his neighbor Murphy if he could borrow his plow. As he was walking to the Murphy farm, he thought to himself, “I hope Murphy has finished all his own plowing. He’s kind of lazy, and he might not have done it yet.”
After a few more minutes, he thought, “What if Murphy’s plow is old? He won’t want to lend it to me then.” Then he thought, “Murphy was never a very helpful fellow. He might not lend me his plow, even if it’s in perfect condition, and he finished his own plowing weeks ago.”
As he arrived at Murphy’s farm, he thought, “Murphy can be a mean old fellow. I bet he won’t lend me his plow just to watch me go to ruin.”
Finally, the farmer knocked on Murphy’s front door.
“Good morning!” Murphy said. “What can I do for you?”
The farmer blurted out, “You can keep your bloody plow!”
Thinking negative has no positive. Negativity makes a person look at the land of milk and honey and see only calories and cholesterol.