I am feeling great this week. It must be the benefit of a vacation—not only did we enjoy wonderful weather in a beautiful place, I unplugged from the news as well as from social media.
Doing this also removed me from the seemingly endless and snarky commentary that accompanies any substantial story these days. It reminded me that anyone can point out what is wrong, what doesn’t work, and what is unfair. The insidiousness of the critical perspective is that it attracts additional criticism. Then, a big pile of what’s wrong is mounded up on the table. It’s hard to see anything else!
But is that useful?