Pollyannaism or positivity bias: You can probably tell from the title of my blog "the sky is NOT falling" I have a bias, a positivity bias. This was not always the case, as a younger person I was incredibly skeptical and noticed the negative before I thought about the positive. Over time, I found this kind of attitude actually produced negative feelings and was often a self-fulfilling prophecy. When trying to change my ways I thought back to the last time that the glass was half-full instead of half-empty. That time was when I watched Hayley Mills in Pollyanna. I remember thinking, shortly after watching the movie, as just a young girl , I need to do this I need to play the "glad game!" There are a lot of librarians who need to play the "glad game ." There are also a lot of teachers who need to play the "glad game." Otherwise our negative attitude will become a self-fulfilling prophecy. I am not saying ignore all of the pro
