Depends how you mean positivity. 
Sometimes something can be positive, but it's not immediately obvious. 
Like if you refuse to step in for someone and fight their battles for them, because you believe that they can rise to the challenge. 
At the time somebody might view that as a negative, but later, they will remember that you actually believed in them. 

This probably isn't the kind of thing that you are talking about, I'm just rambling.