It is none of your business if anyone is negative. That is their right to be negative. You are angry because you don't accept them as they are, you want them to be different to make you happy.

If someone is "negative", it doesn't matter. The only thing that matters is if you will keep YOUR thoughts positive and if not, it has nothing to do with them, you just need more practice staying positive.

It is so easy to be positive when we are surrounded with positivity or even very light challenges, but what is the point of that? In that situation you are already positive, so there is no work being done! The true spiritual work is staying positive even in the face of negativity. And if you need everyone else to be positive or else you will fall to negativity and anger - then that has nothing to do anyone, and everything to do with where you keep your focus.

Do you really need this "relative" in your life? If it was a friend would you continue your relationship? Or back out? Stand your ground! But do this with love in your heart. You know you have love for this person. That will not diminish. But like you've stated you do things to uplift your emotions. Continue to love yourself. And the rest will follow.

peace

One of the biggest issues I find with trying to put the LOA into practice (when I remember to) is that it can be very easy to start feeling good about current and life situations and then - in parallel - find that I suddenly start feeling that the next bad situation is around the corner and will take the edge of the current state of feeling good.. and this can put an immediate negative tinge on the process of feeling good no matter what and then cause me to slip back into a neutral and eventually slightly fearful state. This is especially true if an unexpected negative event does present itself. All of a sudden the process of feeling good about your current life situation is 'reset' and the negative state of mind is quickly back for most of the remaining day.

I think the key is that when thinking about possible future negative scenarios, it is essential to say to yourself something along the lines of "I can handle any situation that life throws at me. I can turn any negative situation into a positive". That's the sort of thing I hope to do more and more from now on so that it becomes an increasingly natural state of mind. The feeling to be reached for is that life is good and the situation is acceptable, no matter what the current circumstance.

If you can think to yourself as much as possible that your relatives negative state of mind will pass and even if not, you can handle anything that happens in a positive manner then this will mean that you are more prepared when any negative energy from any source presents itself and it will be far more difficult to shake you out of your positive feelings.

Hope this helps.

@Jacob ford you need to meditate and clean your water. if someone makes you angry because they are negative. you still need to work on your self. As for the person that is negative they also need to work on them self. Then why judge and blame each other? to the measure you judge also will you be judge. I will also say this to you even if you say you are perfect in this world, this world is not perfect, this world is in duality and many are lost looking on the outside for what they desire and complaining blaming and judging each other, and not one of them are able to walk a mile in someone else shoe, if they would be able to walk a mile in some one else shoe then they would not do to them what they would hate being done to them self and they could understand each other, they need to look inside clean the inside of the cup with pure water in truth with no duality. The darkness will not come to the light.

Let there be light, be the light that you can be, experience and enjoy.

"For this reason I say, if one is whole, one will be filled with light, but if one is divided, one will be filled with darkness. "Anyone here with two ears had better listen! There is light within a person of light, and it shines on the whole world. If it does not shine, it is dark." "I have cast fire upon the world, and look, I'm guarding it until it blazes."

I have teach you this and explain it to you, even if it might be more then you can bear. If I have been your helper even if you do not know me or see me, if you receive me and follow my word all is good.