I think you have probably always been right, due to that concept of milliions of years old sun coming back out from the logs you saw burning on the fire, being always in your head since your grandad pointed out to you. Few folk outside indegenous tribal spiritual settings are better prepared to understand the difference between mathematically negative and positive energy, and the effects using each on our mindsets, than you, it seems to me.
I was nowhere near as well prepared, it took me years, including exposure to some tribal spiritual religion, to get my head around this stuff.
So it is you and your grandad who deserves the real credit, I think.