A good post about positive people in your life, and definitely true for my experiences.

I t can be a little more complex than that, however (I am only using my own life as an example) .

I think it's a mix between the person you are naturally, and your upbringing (environment).

Using myself as the example, I grew up with 80% of my family, (including extended) being the stereotypical negative outlook on life naysayers, kind of people.

My nature is a very positive one, hence we aren't exactly close..

BUT, what I have noticed with my own behavior, is that when I am around negative people, I become very positive, and disregard their negativity (to their annoyance).
Obviously some psychological throwback to my family.

And, conversely enough, when I am around a positive groups of close friends, life always goes 'tits up', somehow.

It's way too complex to go into here, but these patterns of events have repeated themselves.

(Obviously I learned about them retrospectively. doh!)

(Still many thanks on the bx.th - you will be making money in commissions off me, I hope!)