Things I think are good and effective on positivity:
Listening to others struggling to stay positive.
Trying our best to be positive.
Acknowledging and affirming not always feeling positive.
Modeling healthy positivity.
Doing what's helpful, useful, and valuable to demonstrate positive action.
Things I think are bad and ineffective on positivity:
Telling people to stay positive.
Thinking we should always be positive.
Diminishing or dismissing people's concerns.
Perpetuating toxic positivity.
Scolding people for not staying positive while they're doing their best to take positive action.
May 8, 2025 15:11I'm seeing some of the latter things happening in protest organizing discussions, and I do not like it.
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