“The sky is falling!” cried Chicken Little, and all the animals panicked. That sky has been falling way before I was born. (I was born before the big ‘flood.’) The auto was a killer, trains that have beds!, the computer was a joke, the internet was a fad, travel in space, and so on. Today it is hackers, war, superbugs, stock market crashes, and many more horrors.
There are two strong motives that move people…fear and greed. If you sit back and really look at the events you will be able to put them in one of the two fear/greed boxes.
News media: They are filled with horror (fear) to sell their products (greed).
The government has greed as it goal, lies to control as fear.
War is fear, building weapons is greed
Without education you will get nowhere, fear. New methods,new books, higher entrance fees is greed.
You’ll die without health care, fear. New meds, higher costs, greed.
Beginning to get the picture? Lean back and look at everything with a broader view and by gummy bears the sky is not falling. If the cave man made it through dinosaurs, ice ages and quick sands we shall make it through our quagmire. Anyone for a piece of chocolate sky?
ElderChicks 
Yum, yum. I’ll take a piece of that chocolate sky! The only way I’ve gotten through the several difficulties life has tossed in my direction, has been with the glass half full. It used to be half full of vino, but I have switched to Diet Coke and tea in the cold weather. Let’s all stay positive!! Mary Silverstein
MARY SILVERSTEIN YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO JOIN ME IN A POT OF FORMOSA OOLONG, A SLICE OF CHOCOLATE SKY, AND MIDDLE FINGER COMMENTARIES.
ELISSA
This is why I subscribe to Elderchicks. You tell it like it is and don’t ask for any fear or greed in return. Thanks for a great post! Sending this on to my friends.
Once again, it is a pleasure to hear your voice and logic, Ellise. What a wonderful writer you are. I was very privileged to have had you as a student!
Roslyn Bornfriend