There can be so much negativity in the news. Protests across the United States due to the murder of George Floyd, Trump’s provoking remarks about them and free speech, China’s threat toward Taiwan… it’s almost like the political-news amalgam decides to ramp up because, “hey, it’s Friday!”

It’s extremely difficult, but we can’t let the second-by-second news cycle negativity wear us down. We have made tremendous progress as a species. The planet’s wealth, health, and peace has all drastically increased over the past few decades. We can’t throw out what we’ve earned and fought for because the outlook in this very moment isn’t appealing. Remember, it’s a 24 hour, second-by-second news cycle not out of necessity but out of profit.

We haven’t worked everything out yet. But we will. We will together. To start, that means ordinary citizens stay informed (something that wasn’t possible even 50 years ago) about what’s going on the world without getting down. Prudence. Confidence. We can do this. We can change the world. Stay up fellow Americans.