Sometimes it feels like there isn’t much to be optimistic about what with everything that’s awful that’s going on in the world. But once in a while you can find a real connection, when you feel one with another person, one with the whole world. And the sunsets are all purple and red and there’s [...]
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I’m optimistic about winning the battles I’m fighting – personally and professionally.
I think the future looks awesome, sometimes I get so excited about new ideas, art, traveling and photography that I can’t sleep
I’m optimistic about my dreams coming true – traveling the world, having many more brilliant experiences and being part of a tribe that’s [...]
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I am optimistic that more people will love their work and work their love.
I am optimistic that creative co-working will become the new way of working and collaborating.
I am optimistic the new Phoenix record is going to make my feet dance.
I am optimistic my brother’s wedding in Mexico won’t be cancelled because of this swine [...]
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As long as worms rise to the sidewalk after a rainstorm, I’ll be reminded that tragedy eventually gives way to comedy.
I’m hopeful we will learn to take ourselves less seriously.
Optimism means laughing and smiling and hushing the voices of doubt and disbelief…at least long enough to get them to listen.
Optimism is resilient. It outruns despair. [...]
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I’ve got a secret.
I’m not really an optimist.
I wish I was. But I’ve got a bit of a tendency to weigh things up (and down) too much. So, before I decided what to write I had a bit of a poke around the site to see what other people were saying. To see if any [...]
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There are lots of things to be cheerful about now – thank you Ian Drury.
Everything is awesome – sometimes we forget how awesome.
Everything’s Amazing, Nobody’s Happy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoGYx35ypus
I think there will even more things to be cheerful about in the future.
I’m a meliorist.I believe that we are getting better, that we are improving ourselves.
I believe that [...]
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I am optimistic that we’re going to come out of this downturn with a more conscientious take on capitalism.
I am optimistic that now is the most exciting time ever to be working in advertising.
I am optimistic that the world will be a better place as my daughter grows up.
I am optimistic that my friends and [...]
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Despite the current troubling economic times, which affect the media industries and the academy alike, I can’t help but find myself personally optimistic. The primary reason, I would suspect, is that I am just naturally an optimistic person, or so I’ve been told. That can perhaps lead to some naivete, but I’ve always hoped to [...]
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There are many paradigm shifts on the horizon for both the United States as well as the world, there are two that I am optimistic about; one very general, the other very esoteric.
First, I am optimistic about the future of science literacy. For years, there has been a difficulty in getting people in the United [...]
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I am optimistic (but a little scared) about being able to run a marathon in April.
I am optimistic that the power of the web to organise without organisation is fundamentally a good thing
I am optimistic that the coming generation of media and advertising graduates will take less notice of the way things have always been [...]
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As a scientist, I have been filled with great hope through Barack Obama’s campaign, cabinet selection period, inauguration address, and first few weeks in office, as he has made choices and spoken words that demonstrate his high regard for science. We are living in an unprecidented time at which science and society are intimately [...]
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Here are two videos that make me optimistic:
While I worry about humanity’s piss-poor earthly stewardship skills during the day, at night I can fall asleep knowing that, somewhere, large mammals are still scaring guys in little boats. And that gives me hope.
Peter Hanlon is an Outreach Associate at The Network for New Energy Choices, [...]
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