Here’s something wonderful: In the 1950s, ABC aired a show called Life Begins at 80. The show featured a rotating panel of men and women in their eighties. In each episode, the panel would answer questions sent in by viewers, and would talk about how great it is to be eighty or older. Don’t you …
No one is cheerful all the time; grief and anger are a part of life, and we shouldn’t be afraid of them. But if you find yourself being upbeat, even when the jackals are braying that doom is nigh, that is a good thing. The world needs people who are effective, healthy, and strong.
“Choose to be optimistic, it feels better.” – His Holiness the Dalai Lama Here’s my deep thought for the week: We live in turbulent times. Sometimes it can even feel irresponsible to be happy, when there is so much bitterness and pain in the world. But true optimists aren’t “head-in-the-clouds dreamers.” They are boots-on-the-ground, eyes-on-the-prize …