On worry

So what IS the point?

These days it's hard to avoid the negativity. Open the paper and there's news of more layoffs. Read the blogs and you might be convinced the end is near. Listen to the pundits and we'll all be dead within the year from something: lousy healthcare, melting icecaps, selfish capitalists...

That's not to say there isn't truth to it all...we DO have a crappy healthcare system (that needs work!) and the polar icecaps ARE melting (which is a grave concern) and capitalists ARE selfish (do we need to argue on that?). But none of these things is actually new. What is new, or rather en vogue is the focus on negativity.

"The tone makes the music," my grandmother used to say. What kind of a song are we singing? With so much collective harping on the negative, are we planting seeds for positive change? Or are we bogging ourselves down with so much worry (which amounts to ZERO progress) that we are frozen in terror, afraid to ask for whipped cream on our venti latte for fear we can't afford it?

These times are ripe for positive thinking, and for positive ACTION. What are you doing to make the world a better place? Now that we've had our collective eyes opened to the plight of the unfortunate, and to the results of unbridled marketplace greed, what are we doing to make a difference and ensure a positive future for ALL people?