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Is It Possible That I’m Wrong About Positivity Empowering People?
Yes, I might be wrong about positivity empowering people. If I am, I’m open to learning how and why.
One Monday morning, in February 2014, I logged into Facebook.
I was immediately bombarded by similar messages. Today is going to suck. I hate Mondays. What fresh fuckery will I deal with this week? Back to the terrible grind. And similar negative messages.
Wow, I thought. So much negativity. I wonder what I can do about that?
Thus began my Monday positivity posts. For almost 8 years, I’ve shared thoughts, ideas, notions, and processes for finding, creating, generating, and experiencing more positivity in our lives.
Along the way, I have battled the impressions of those who see anything related to ideas of positivity as toxic positivity.
What is toxic positivity? It’s the idea that positivity can erase, negate, and eliminate negativity. Positivity gets used to deny, disregard, and put blinders on regarding negativity. It’s toxic because that’s not how life works.
Negativity will always be. Period. And that’s good, frankly. We need the yin and yang of negativity and positivity.
