I am so appreciating you as I sit in my comfy chair enjoying my morning coffee, hot and fresh! I have had to do the “act as if” thing many times during difficult times in my life and for me it worked. I smiled when my heart was broken, laughed when I was scared, and pretended all was well when it wasn’t. It actually lightened all of the darkness!!!
I'll give it a try. I forwarded this to my siblings because you mentioned fresh hot coffee. That is one of the anchors we share. A few hundred people gathered at Plymouth Rock on President's Day with an array of signs protesting the Trump/Musk Horrors. The atmosphere was determined, although we all froze to death. Some cars honked and waved, some men flipped us the bird. It felt good to simply hold my sign USA out of GAZA and know I at least did SOMETHING.
As Mother Julian of Norwich said, "All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well."
At its core, optimism is the expectation that good things will happen and that things will work out in the end. It’s not naïve hope but a practical, forward-looking mindset that fuels resilience, action, and joy. When we choose optimism, we don’t just wait for good things to happen—we create the conditions for them to unfold.
I am so appreciating you as I sit in my comfy chair enjoying my morning coffee, hot and fresh! I have had to do the “act as if” thing many times during difficult times in my life and for me it worked. I smiled when my heart was broken, laughed when I was scared, and pretended all was well when it wasn’t. It actually lightened all of the darkness!!!
I'll give it a try. I forwarded this to my siblings because you mentioned fresh hot coffee. That is one of the anchors we share. A few hundred people gathered at Plymouth Rock on President's Day with an array of signs protesting the Trump/Musk Horrors. The atmosphere was determined, although we all froze to death. Some cars honked and waved, some men flipped us the bird. It felt good to simply hold my sign USA out of GAZA and know I at least did SOMETHING.
As Mother Julian of Norwich said, "All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well."
At its core, optimism is the expectation that good things will happen and that things will work out in the end. It’s not naïve hope but a practical, forward-looking mindset that fuels resilience, action, and joy. When we choose optimism, we don’t just wait for good things to happen—we create the conditions for them to unfold.