June 27, 2020 - 288 - "Cockeyed Optimists"

Not What I Planned At All...The Optimist Creed

    I stumbled on this today and I love it so much.  Turns out I've been attempting to live the Optimist's Creed without even knowing anything about it.  I've even quoted part of it on this blog.

    I looked up the local chapter of The Optimist Club and the last schedule information was from mid-2019.  

     Have the times challenged even the optimists to be pessimists? 

     No judgment from me.  Damn.  This is a weird, weird time in history.  

     Nothing creative...either briefly and edited, or, uh long-ly and not from me at all...just this thing I found and like...

PROMISE YOURSELF

 

     To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind

     To talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person you meet

     To make all your friends feel that there is something in them

     To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true

     To think only of the best, to work only for the best and to expect only the best

     To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own

     To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future

     To wear a cheerful countenance at all times and give every living creature you meet a smile

     To give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others

     To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.

                                                                                             -Christian D. Larson

Daily Hits of Happy

     -Still sitting on the patio in the morning (I love this so much.)
     -The option of Zoom calls with friends near and far     

     -New pictures on our Skylight frame (I'm expecting some new grandbaby pics (!!!)...but waiting to look at them with Michael later.)

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"Optimism doesn't wait on facts.  

It deals with prospects.  

Pessimism is a waste of time."

-Norman Cousins

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