The Pollyanna principle: A person regarded as being foolishly optimistic "one who finds cause for gladness in the most difficult of situations, infectious optimism (Eleanor Porter (1868–1920), American writer]

Where I live in the Tennessee Mountains is gorgeous and healing but mostly very tall trees. From the angle that my house sits there is very little open sky. In 12 years I have only been blessed with a couple of certified rainbows. Rainbows are a rare gift that I truly treasure. Because my life does not have as many rainbows as this island girl at heart would like, I have created all sorts of faux rainbows in the house and on the property.

These little beauties have named themselves “Pollyanna’s Prisms of Possibility.” They come to give you the gift of rainbows even when the sky is cloudy. The come to give you the gift of hope. They represent all that is prismatic about people and life especially on those cloudy human days. I hope they will bring you all as much joy as they have me. They are a perfect gift for those that need a little rainbow and sparkle in their life.

THE MOVIE POLLYANNA: The title character is Pollyanna Whittier, a young orphan who goes to live in Vermont with her wealthy but dour Aunt Polly. Pollyanna's philosophy of life centers on what she calls "The Glad Game" an optimistic attitude she learned from her father. The game consists of finding something to be glad about in every situation. It originated in an incident one Christmas when Pollyanna, who was hoping for a doll in the missionary barrel, found only a pair of crutches. Making the game up on the spot, Pollyanna's father taught her to look at the good side of things— in this case, to be glad about the crutches because "we don't need 'em!" 

With this philosophy, and her own sunny personality and sincere, sympathetic soul, Pollyanna brings so much gladness to her aunt's dispirited New England town that she transforms it into a pleasant place to live. 'The glad game' shields her from her aunt's stern attitude: when Aunt Polly puts her in a stuffy attic room without carpets or pictures, she exults at the beautiful view from the high window; when she tries to "punish" her niece for being late to dinner by sentencing her to a meal of bread and milk in the kitchen with the servant, Nancy, Pollyanna thanks her rapturously because she likes bread and milk, and she likes Nancy. Soon, Pollyanna teaches the towns most troubled inhabitants to 'play the game'. In the scene with Mr. Pendleton, Pollyanna hangs the crystal lamp prisms in the grouchy old man's window to being him rainbows.

Eventually, however, even Pollyanna's robust optimism is put to the test when she gets hit by a car and loses the use of her legs. At first she doesn't realize the seriousness of her situation. When she does find out her spirits plummet when she overhears a doctor say that she'll never walk again. After that, she lies in bed, unable to find anything to be glad about.

The townspeople begin calling Aunt Polly's ready to let Pollyanna know how much her support has improved their lives. At this point, a kindly doctor (who also happens to be Aunt Polly's long-estranged lover) reveals the existence of a mysterious new "cure" for the little girl's spinal injury. Pollyanna goes away for ten months to a distant hospital, where she learns to walk again.

"When you look for the bad in mankind expecting to find it, you surely will."

Abraham Lincoln (Inscription on Pollyanna's brooch, a gift from her father)

The energy of Pollyanna is about having a generous and gracious attitude toward the motives of other people. To be Pollyanna of nature is to expect people to act good and decent, despite strong evidence to the contrary.  Pollyanna is a person who always see the ‘rainbows of possibility’.