It seems in general , as a population, people have become so negitive. Kinda like it is the cool thing to be and if you are not negitive you are not getting it-the whole life thing. (No one is going to pull the wool over their eyes) People seem to have lost the sense of wonder,joy and the art of a smile. I watch my grandchildren and how they have been trained to retort in a almost synical way to be cool. I watch it on T.V. It seems to be enbedded in all the childrens shows and movies. The action of just simple nice kind words. A warm hug.
People have seem to have lost a belife system in people themselves. No faith and trust in people. I have a business, I deal with people hrs at a time in large people gatherings. Seems people are always in a hurry to go nowhere.
Listening skills are nominal.
I don"t have the answers to this turn of human actions. I can only hope to make a differnece by showing a smile, a warm tone in speech to all I meet.
We are not a defeated people. Everyday we wake up there is a new blessing. We need to look for that before we let the hardness in our day.
In my book it is not "cool " to be negitive. It is wasteful,harmful,and a shame.

and be joyful even if you don't feel good today. Even if you have to go back to work when you thought you were done. Our list is endless of life's trials.

it is contagious.