Art by Brooke Muschott Last year I tried to give up second dessert for Lent. I am ashamed to admit that it was not even close to a successful attempt. This year, knowing that a chocolate fast was unlikely to last longer than a week, I decided to do something more meaningful: give up negativity. At first my plan was to stop the negative self-talk: no more telling myself … [Read more...] about Negativity shouldn’t permeate the culture