Be positive?

I know many times i write things and it may be seen to be a bit negative, but i do not consider myself to be a negative person. If we see something wrong around us it is our duty to try to correct it in the best manner possible. I remember a quote which goes something like...

'it is better to have an enemy who points out your faults rather than a friend who praises you all the time'

I always quote this to people because it does make a lot of sense. Imagine your best friend always saying you look good today, you are really intelligent, you have a good sense of humour and all these praises. No doubt it does help you gain confidence when you have a friend who appreciates your qualities and makes it known to you. That is fine but what about showing you your flaws? It is really important that the way in which you tell somebody that you need to improve yourself in such and such a way, matters a lot. Me myself am really open to criticism when I realise the person pointing it out to me is doing so because he cares and not because he wants to put me down or make a joke out of it.

Positive thinking is one where you do not look at the bad things, but rather you look at the good aspects. So sometimes it can be positive thinking when you want that your friend notices he is going down a wrong path and you correct his way so that he ends up being successful. The thought of that leads to a positive outcome, although the process leading to it might seem a bit negative.

With too much praise a person becomes forgetful of his imperfections. So there needs to be a balance between praising somebody to help him be more confident and pointing out a persons faults so that he may become a better person.