Last year gave me good cause to be upset now and then, but I must rise above it and *be* the positivism I've been longing to find. There's much to be thankful for, and it's best that I focus on that, rather than let past troubles consume me with cynicism, or make me, out of my own fear and distrust, close doors to would-be friendships with many worthy people. Right before Christmas, I took someone I love to a screening of IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE in Hollywood. I'd never seen the