We cannot “positivity” our way out of this pandemic

It is Week 17 of Sheltering in Place here in San Francisco. We were looking forward to reopening but of course with the uptick in Covid-19 cases that has been put off.

At times this pandemic experience feels like an endless road to nowhere.

I was at a meeting last week and our leader who is normally positive and upbeat said in a serious voice, “Guys we’re gonna have to think of something because we’re not going to be meeting together anytime soon.”

This is why she is a good leader.

She wasn’t trying to sell us wolf tickets about how great it is that we won’t be able to get together anytime soon and how if we just think positively while she shouts positive slogans then everything will go back to normal.

That is foolishness and it’s phony.

Sadly I see many people doing this and I shake my head because it’s doing more harm than good.

We cannot “positivity” our way out of a pandemic. It is a trying time. Here are just a few things we’re dealing with at this time

People are dying
People are getting sick
People are losing jobs
People are losing businesses that they have poured years of their lives into and now it’s all gone.
People are trying to figure out how to balance their work…