How Bad is Today's Market, Really........

Every where I go, I keep hearing negative comments about today's Real Estate market.  Does anyone believe that maybe we are creating a self-fulfilling prophecy?  The more that we speak of negative things, whether it is real estate or anything else, the more negative things will become.  I believe that it is our responsibility, as real estate professionals to try and educate as many consumers as  will listen, instead of allowing them to form an oppinion based on media hype, which is, in many cases, based on declining numbers from specific regions which have nothing to do with yours.  Please, everyone, let's try to be part of a positive solution to the problem!!