THE TRASHING OF THE POSITIVE
I read around on Medium and find biases
For example the trashing of the positive
It is quite common to say life is hard
And those who say that it isn’t
Give positivity a bad name
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Life is hard, ignoring what is painful
Is no more positive dissing doctors
Or refusing help
But when I see arch references to folk like me
Who champion the positive
I wonder who protests too much
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There are two ways to look at life
Glass drainng down or
Half full more where that came from
Neither way skirts hurt or pain
Positive does not despair
Negativity tends to give up
Positive thinks critically
Negativity tends to place blame
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Placebo is not phony it is real
So is heaven to those who’ve been there
So is nonviolence to the truly brave
So is helping others to the ethical
So is aesthetics to those who can see beauty everywhere
So is consciousness so those who look inside
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I keep on my positive trajectory
I claim science on my side
I claim wisdom and sagacity
I’m for ego, push, and pride
But if I see a binary response here
A my way or the highway exclusion
Why then I will come here and make reply
You have just read it — it’s what I’ll stand by