Hi Giulea

I can’t change the way they behave – I know I have high expectations in a sense because of how it used to be. My question is how can I stop talking negatively about the community but instead, be constructive and move forward?

I like your question. I often wonder why its so difficult to do the thing and behave in the ways we want.  “For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.”

Not to be trite but in the words of Yoda for such things there is no try only do. Meaning the best you can do is to become the change you wish to see. This means being very conscious/mindful of when your falling short and then doing better. No judgments against yourself or others, but a compassionate practice of doing better as you learn better.