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The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: The Dog in the Window

The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: The Dog in the Window

Quotes of the Week from Me: “Find things that complement your life, not ones that consume it.” “I like to find some quiet.” “Put love at the core of all you do.” Quotes of the Week from Others: “A person, who no matter how desperate the situation, gives others hope, is a true leader.” – Daisaku Ikeda “If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature’s way.” – Aristotle “No one can make you feel…

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The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: Toothpaste in the Yard

The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: Toothpaste in the Yard

Quotes of the Week from Me: “Why is there toothpaste in the backyard?” – I think this will contribute to my next children’s book “Sports are funny – the harder you work, the more you smile.” – time to binge some olympics “This walk turned into a sprint overnight.” Quotes of the Week from Others: “If you shed tears when you miss the sun, you also miss the stars.” – Rabindranath Tagore “Nothing in this world can take the place…

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The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: Embracing Mistakes

The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: Embracing Mistakes

Quotes of the Week from Me: “Keep showing up. People remember your effort, but more so your presence.” If we all ate the exact same, followed the same workout program, and lived every single day identically, we would still look physically and feel emotionally different than one another.” “Think hard, less.” I need this. Quotes of the Week from Others: “You can’t add days to your life but you can add life to your days.” – Unknown “Soul would have…

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The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: How far, how long?

The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: How far, how long?

Quotes of the Week from Me: “Make it a habit to get outside daily. Don’t forget the daily part.” “Encourage children to solve their own problems and watch their perception of their own capability change.” “People learn a lot from watching you. Act accordingly. Lead by example.” Quotes of the Week from Others: “When the whole world is running towards a cliff, he who is running in the opposite direction appears to have lost his mind.” – C.S. Lewis “You…

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The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: Familiar Joy

The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: Familiar Joy

Quotes of the Week from Me: “I’m just glad we have the morning.” “We need stress, we need to overcome it, again and again.” “Who are you?” Quotes of the Week from Others: “What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult to each other?” – George Eliot “Your past is a place of reference, not a place of residence.” – Unknown “We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the…

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The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: Favorite Day

The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: Favorite Day

Quotes of the Week from Me: “In the valley of dreams, the peaks hide the sun.” “Practice like you have never won.” “The ease of a penalty kick is earned by overcoming the hardship of getting tackled.” I couldn’t figure out how to weave in as much symbolism as I wanted in this quote, so I kept it simple. What I really wanted to touch on was how different goals can look from each other. Some goals are a layup…

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The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: Learning

The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: Learning

Quotes of the Week from Me: “Embrace constructive criticism. It is one way of contributing to your future success.” “We made it another week. I made it another week. You made it another week. Try to make it to another week.” “You will never learn, or master, every skill. Surround yourself with the best people you can find.” I’ve heard people say, “Surround yourself with the right people.” I don’t think that is the best phrasing. What is the right…

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The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: Fishing

The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: Fishing

Quotes of the Week from Me: “When things get tangled, start with patience.” “To teach is to learn.” “A good cast starts with height and distance, a great one ends with the right bait in the right location.” Quotes of the Week from Others: “You will earn the respect of all if you begin by earning the respect of yourself.” – Musonius Rufus “When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everyone will respect you.”…

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The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: Live Where You Love

The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: Live Where You Love

Quotes of the Week from Me: “Today’s the day you do better.” “Never lose today’s potential in anticipation of tomorrow.” “You need to demonstrate how much you want it. Don’t just say it, demonstrate.” Quotes of the Week from Others: “Make the best use of what is in you power, and take the rest as it happens.” – Epictetus “To live outside the law, you must be honest.” – Bob Dylan “Don’t you ever get the feeling that all your…

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The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: Memorial Day, 2024

The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: Memorial Day, 2024

Quotes of the Week from Me: “Work extremely hard for your own satisfaction.” “Enjoy here while you still are.” “We are surrounded by our perception of all we see and feel.” Quotes of the Week from Others: “It takes time to live. Like any work of art, life needs to be thought about.” – Albert Camus “The art of noticing will make your life forever wholesome.” – Unknown “True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the…

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