Positivity Gets a Bum Rap

Dancing Elephants Book Project — Positivity, Group 1

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Positive people tend to get belittled and demeaned by our culture. They are called “Pollyanna” or “Little Mary Sunshine”, as if the only proper place for a sunny outlook is in the pages of a book. Real people, in the real world, should have a pessimistic or negative attitude, and call it “being realistic”.