I finished reading Jim Heavey’s piece, A Negativity Inoculation, last week and thought, that was a courageous opinion piece.
Then it occurred to me that it literally has come to that. To write something about thinking and acting in a positive way has become courageous. How sad is that?
There was a time when to be nasty and mean in Greenwich was an anathema. It was looked down on but now, somehow, it takes courage to just be positive and kind.
Who is responsible for this change? I don’t know. Perhaps it is just the national tenor of the moment but Greenwich used to be immune to that sort of thing because we had respect for each other and each other’s opinions.
You don’t agree with someone all the time? Guess what? No one does. Husbands and wives don’t agree all the time. But we can still act with respect, especially toward a man who has literally served this town and this country with distinction for almost his entire life.
It shouldn’t take courage to write a simple opinion piece encouraging positivity, but these days, I guess it does.
Thank you for doing that Jim. I guess now its my turn!
Laura Boutelle , Lifelong Resident
