If you want your son or daughter to be positive. Like to enjoy life and so on and so on - focus on the positive, nature, birds, quite and fast waterfalls... If you want to be negative which will mean a killer, a slaughter focus on the negative. Kill infront of the eyes a chicken slaughter it, fast and quick... do it often, read scary horror books!
It is extremely important to be able to make negative assertions. We must be able to say what is __ot me_ in order to have a __e_. What we like has no meaning unless we know what we don__ like. Our yes has no meaning if we never say no. My chosen profession has no passion if __ust anyone would do_. Our opinions and thoughts mean very little if there is nothing we disagree with.
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It is extremely important to be able to make negative assertions. We must be able to say what is __ot me_ in order to have a __e_. What we like has no meaning unless we know what we don__ like. Our yes has no meaning if we never say no. My chosen profession has no passion if __ust anyone would do_. Our opinions and thoughts mean very little if there is nothing we disagree with.
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