You have to open up to the world and learn optimism... Contentment with the past, happiness with the present, and hope for the future. Learned optimism.

Jennifer Crusie

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Blessed is he that expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.

Benjamin Franklin

Optimism is an expectation of the future, but hope is a way of experiencing the present. Optimism argues with the predictions of cynicism and bitterness, and is often proved wrong. Hope rejects cynicism and bitterness as unhelpful, and is perennially proved right.

There is some kind of sweet innocence in being human, in not having to be just happy or just sad, in the nature of being able to be both broken and whole, at the same time.

I like to encourage people to realize that any action is a good action if it's proactive and there is positive intent behind it.

Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward. There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested, but I would not and could not give myself up to despair. That way lays defeat and death.

There comes a day when you realize turning the page is the best feeling in the world, because you realize there's so much more to the book than the page you were stuck on.

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