Everyday, media everywhere harps us on various environmental issues, from global warning to pollutions of all forms. I am certainly responsible enough to recognise we have a moral duty to take care of our one and only planet, for ourselves, for posterity and to be accountable to the Creator.

However, I can’t help but to think of other kind of pollution that will harm us just as badly but in much subtler way. No, I am not referring to the moral decay – which obviously is justifiably a kind of pollution too. I do not want to pretend that I have the moral authority to even discuss it, so I will rest it here.

What is this unseen pollution that I see? It is negative attitude! Gently it will dampen our enthusiasm, eroding our self-confidence and self-esteem. Let it reign long enough, it will pollute our inner being so much that we can no longer function. It slows our physical recovery in illness, it robs us of our love, damages all our relationships and even impedes our path to greater wealth and possibilities!

What is more precious than the earth that we have? It is our lives! If we cannot bear to have our physical world being polluted, why do we tolerate negativity, allowing it to pollute our mental/ emotional world?

Let those conservationists champion the preservation of our earth’s physical resources, while we join other motivational gurus to champion the preservation of our mental/ emotional world!