Shylalight 4 your happiness

I have been thinking about this challenge and it seems to me that I only ever take up the negativity when someone else has started it.  If a friend moans to me about their partner, I tend to join in.  Question .....if my Dad moans at me in a negative way do I get angry and negative myself or do I just think it as trivial and laugh it off and smile.  Do I need to distance myself from negative people?  Answers on a postcard please.  Any way I have decided that when my partner does something that annoys me like throw his clothes on the bedroom floor, I am going to think about something nice that he has done for me recently to counter balance these negative thoughts.  This is the challenge I am going to embark upon this week.  Wonder how long it will last..????:)