No Pollyana?

What does "No Pollyana" mean? Well, it seems that just about all blogs are "pollyana" blogs--they just publish things and ideas the bloggers think blog readers would like. All of the goody-goody, "fun" topics that do not portray what the bloggers are really like or what they really feel. I found myself succumbing to that train of thought, too. In fact, I have a couple of blogs where I do just that--I write only about the nice things in my life that I believe would not offend anyone or make anyone "think" badly of me.

It seems that everyone wants to portray the life they wish they had or to embellish their lives to make it more interesting to strangers. No one admits to or wants to talk about character failings, human failings, in our world today. Maybe most people feel that if they don't acknowledge it, it really isn't there.

Here, in this one blog, I'll say what I feel about the negative things in life and my thoughts about them. These are things I feel many people also feel but don't voice them for fear of offending someone or making someone angry or think badly of them. These are the sort of thoughts that most people usually keep to themselves. I don't say them to hurt or offend anyone. These are simply how I see certain things about life, things I believe in or don't believe in, things I feel, my perspective of things I see, hear, or read about. This is my Journal of what some may call my dark thoughts. Everyone has them. I don't care who you are or what you do, you have dark thoughts...thoughts you don't feel you can voice to anyone you know...because they may take it "personally."

I'm 65 years old now. I've observed human nature throughout the years. I've lived through rough times and good times. My life has been pretty much the same as most other people. But, I've seen the disintegration of character and morals in people in all walks of life, at every age, all over the country. I've seen the dark side of human nature and, like most of you, I've tried to ignore it as inconsequential. But it isn't...inconsequential. It's very significant. It permeates all of us in every area of our lives and we're destroying ourselves. All the while, we tell ourselves that the quality of life is getting better, that we have a bright future, that "things will work out"...even if we do nothing about it. "Somebody" will solve all the problems we ourselves create as individuals, groups, nations.

No Pollyana...

I used to be a pollyana personality. I believed in the goodness of man, in hope for the future. How naive I was for most of my life.

to be continued...