As a cock-eyed optimist, I was frequently prone to times of despair when things didn't turn out like I thought they should. I shifted to doomsaying pessimist. Thankfully, things now seem to turn out even less like I expected. I've concluded that the future will both delight and appall us.
My mother used to insist that the world is getting better and I thought her optimism had gotten the best of her. But it is just hard to see improvement when it seems so slow.
As a stubborn optimist, I embrace hope and action, accompanied by Martin Luther King, Jr.'s reminder that “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”
As a cock-eyed optimist, I was frequently prone to times of despair when things didn't turn out like I thought they should. I shifted to doomsaying pessimist. Thankfully, things now seem to turn out even less like I expected. I've concluded that the future will both delight and appall us.
I know it's a cliché... but it takes one to know one.
My mother used to insist that the world is getting better and I thought her optimism had gotten the best of her. But it is just hard to see improvement when it seems so slow.
Perfect to quote John Lewis. We are obliged to hope, and not entitled to give in to despair.
As a stubborn optimist, I embrace hope and action, accompanied by Martin Luther King, Jr.'s reminder that “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”
Hope is good. Action is better.