You don’t have to look far to find more than enough negativity, bad news, pain, suffering, ignorance, and callousness to make you want to crawl into a hole, cut yourself off from the rest of humanity, and give up on trying.

The world can be a horrible place.

You also don’t have to look far, however, to find enough joy, connection, genuine care, empathy and inspiration to fuel your creative fires, give you hope for the future of humanity and motivate you to do your part in creating a better world for everyone.

The world can be a wonderful place.

Blame the media’s negativity bias, blame your social media feeds, blame the culture you live in, blame the people you spend time with.

In the end, these are all elements of our environment that we have the power to curate.

Turn off, unfollow, unfriend online and IRL, opt-out.

Follow what brings you joy, tune into inspiration, pursue connection and create the culture you want to live in.

Seek out the world you want to live in, and create it where it doesn’t yet exist. Take what serves you and leave the rest.

The type of world you live in is your choice to make.

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