The expression "to be a Pollyanna" comes from a children's novel about a girl who is it seems overly optimistic about everything. She seems cursed with an ability to look at the bright side of everything through something she calls The Glad Game. While in the book, Pollyanna and her community ultimately benefit from her positivity, critics have noted the use of this story as a tool of oppression to avoid changing social services and broken institutions by blaming individuals for not being cheery enough. Yet, gratitude can be a powerful resource in experiencing and appreciating the joy that does exist in and around us. How do use gratitude to experience compersion in ways that work for you?
[image description: Two heart face each other talking. The heart on the left with a single, wild braid of hair says, "I didn't pass my exam," and, "Though three new people signed up as clients." The heart on the right with a single, well-place braid of hair pinned along its crown replies, "You're doing great building your practice." Text reads: "The Glad Game" and below that, "Celebrating whatever joy there does exist."]
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~ 4/21 ~
on this day
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2020
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2018
~ celebrating four years of daily cartoons ~
RETROSPECTIVE
~ 4/21 ~
on this day
2021
2020
2019
2018
~ celebrating four years of daily cartoons ~
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