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Positivity in the Face of “Reality”
Is it possible to find positivity given current world affairs? Yes.
Let’s face it. There is very little good news about the world right now.
Australia is burning, and it’s pretty scary. President Trump is threatening to commit war crimes and has illegally assassinated a foreign leader. Climate Change is not being addressed as the threat that it should be. The ultra-wealthy are getting richer at the expense of pretty much everyone else.
I could go on, but I think this is all pretty damned depressing enough, don’t you? So in the face of all of this “reality” happening, can there be positivity?
Yes.
How? Because this is the big-picture stuff. Yes, it is important to be aware of it and do what you can about it (for example, donate to help fight the fires in Australia; vote in elections; attend protests, call and email leaders, etc). But you cannot allow it to override your immediate existence.
Is that selfish? Yes and no. In that it is a matter of self-care, I guess it might be a little selfish. But you have one life, one opportunity to exist on this planet. Wherever you are, in the here-and-now, those big-picture matters are most probably abstract and way, far outside your control.
