All of this is awesome. I was raised in VERY negative environment and it kind of seeped into my bones. I have one friend who is SUPER enthusiastic and positive and I think being around him for 10 or more years has reallllllly helped me lighten up. Long may it continue!I feel this! I have a natural tendency to compare myself to other people, and it bred so much negativity. I started noticing how much it drained me and how much it made me feel really badly, and I've been feeling so much BETTER towards people, not constantly being negative towards them just because of my insecurities. It's made me so much HAPPIER for people, also for myself. Now when I'm around people who are being negative about other people it makes me physically upset and I feel like crying.