And talk of economic reform should be presented as a positive narrative for economic growth.
Creating a positive narrative around disaster seems to have been a Victorian speciality.
A new positive narrative of state involvement in the economy is needed.
Weaving a positive narrative cannot be an excuse for overlooking adversity, though.
The result has been a yawning gap with no positive narrative for the fast-changing diversity of Britain's urban life.
Since then voters in countries such as Nigeria and Zambia have constructed a more positive narrative for sub-Saharan Africa.
Stephen J. Solomon, senior vice president of the N.H.L., said the next round also provides positive narrative elements.
While progressives are often vilified at the time of their advocacy, they are the creators of the positive narrative of human advancement.
They want to know where their money has gone, and a successful response, with a positive narrative supports further fund raising.
But the dominant vision has failed to develop a hopeful, positive narrative about how these challenges can be met in a way as to uplift the majority.
A new positive narrative is needed around teaching, one that celebrates those who teach well and the manner in which they produce rounded, confident young men and women.
