Positivity? Yes! Pollyanna? No! Keeping Your Distance 12

Do we need to have positivity in the face of the challenges we have?  Yes. 

Do we need to be Pollyannish about it?  No.

Pollyanna is most famous as a Disney movie in the 50s, with Pollyanna portrayed by the incredible young actress, Hayley Mills.  Even though the movie primarily centered on her optimism, the word Pollyanna came to symbolize unwarranted, unconditional feelings of optimism not tempered by facts and reality.

Yes, it is important to be positive in these dangerous times.  It is important to have faith in our fellow man and that we will take care of each other, that we will see our way through this, and come out stronger.

There are too many putting themselves on the line to help see us through this.  Medical staff, first responders, clerks, and shippers, and retail people who help us keep stocked in essentials.  We are going through a brutal time economically, but we can make it thorough if we support each other, make concessions, and realize there are things more valuable than money and greed.

But when you want to shut out facts and news and criticize anybody who is trying to look at cold, hard reality, you've gone too far.

We need to know the truth and react not with depression or fear, but in the best ways to deal with the crisis.

Those figures that fall short need to be held to account.  Anyone who gouges and profiteers off this crisis needs to be called out, whether they are Senators who profit from insider trading, or someone who buys up all the toilet paper and sells it back at inflated prices, or the feds buying up all the medical supplies and then selling them to private companies who then make the states bid against each other, or someone snakes oil a questionable drug because he and his buddies could profit off of it, or someone eliminates the government watchdogs that would help oversee the enormous amount of money that is to be doled out to large corporations.

Yes, we need to stay focused on how best to see ourselves through this crisis.  I applaud the experts who are giving good advice, and I applaud all those who are creating diversions with humor and games and song.  Social media should be a joyous place.

But it also needs to be a factual place.

We need to know what we need to do to get through this.  We cannot ignore it and smile our way out.

And some people need to be held to account.

And, if we're honest, we all know who the chief culprit is.

And, even if you consider it not being positive, I will never stop trying to get you to notice and acknowledge it.

Positive?  Yes!  Pollyanna? No!

The truth must be known.