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The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: Find the Joy

The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: Find the Joy

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Quotes of the Week from Me: “Meaningful adventures require a sustained commitment to time and effort.” “Sit with it.” “Where is the joy?” Quotes of the Week from Others: “Remember, being happy doesn’t mean you have it all. It simply means you’re thankful for all you have.” – Unknown “Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.” – Pablo Picasso “I needed that lesson.” – Unknown Quick Optimism: Easy sounds nice. Difficult feels nice, eventually. It’s not always the…

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The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: See Each Other

The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: See Each Other

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Quotes of the Week from Me: “Are you ready?” – guess it doesn’t matter what for, as long as you are! “Everyone’s eyes are open, but they aren’t seeing each other.” “Embrace every new opportunity.” Quotes of the Week from Others: “Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.” – Oscar Wild “The best way out is always through.” – Robert Frost “Never give from the depths of your well, but from your overflow.” – Rumi Quick…

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The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: Clean Your Doorstep

The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: Clean Your Doorstep

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Quotes of the Week from Me: “Comprehension is key. If you say more but others hear and understand less, the communication is likely irrelevant and unhelpful.” “The internet is so real and so fake, it is very easy to get lost in the illusions.” “Who do you trust most?” Quotes of the Week from Others: “Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.” – Samuel Butler “You have to believe in…

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The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: Team Topics

The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: Team Topics

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Quotes of the Week from Me: “Treat yourself well and treat others well.” “You know when you need to show up.” “Quick answers may indicate shallow reasoning.” “Little, boring details are easy to miss and hard to carry out. When you are able to identify them, do them, and become them, you’ll discover several advantages to your new process.” Quotes of the Week from Others: “Before you can win, you have to believe that you’re a winner. Winners think, look,…

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The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: Balloons

The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: Balloons

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Quotes of the Week from Me: “I never really knew the most fulfilling changes are the most difficult challenges.” “Think of all the beautiful things.” “You can and must endure.” “How is your family?” – a good self-check-in before and after big decisions. Quotes of the Week from Others: “Confidence isn’t walking into a room thinking you are better than everyone; it’s walking in not having to compare yourself to anyone at all.” – Unknown “How easy for those, who…

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The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: Blue Frogs

The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: Blue Frogs

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Quotes of the Week from Me: “Some answers in life will never reveal themselves preemptively.” “Two philosophies for you. One, our perception of reality is shaped by our beliefs. Two, our beliefs are shaped by our perception of reality. Which feels truer to you?” “Ugly faces lead to beautiful reps.” Quotes of the Week from Others: “When you choose to speak, it says something about you. When you choose not to, it also says something about you.” – Unknown “Peace…

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The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: Love the Mundane

The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: Love the Mundane

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Quotes of the Week from Me: “How many lessons did you learn today?” “Cherish your time.” “Love the mundane.” “When you work, everything else might too.” Another poem: “The clouds caught me So, I stayed awhile, Knowing they never could.” Quotes of the Week from Others: “This is our big mistake: to think we look forward toward death. Most of death is already gone. Whatever time has passed is owned by death.” – Seneca “The same boiling water that softens…

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The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: A Light-Filled Life

The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: A Light-Filled Life

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Quotes of the Week from Me: “The simple is extraordinary.” New poem: In searching for lights, There is quiet. Beginnings, endings, Unknowns. I am searching for lights. “Everyone deserves happiness, just remember it isn’t a destination.” “Not as bad for you… Healthier than… The healthy version of… These don’t really mean HEALTHY. Enjoy treats and unhealthy food when you eat it. Then move on and get back to HEALTHY.” Quotes of the Week from Others: “Darkness cannot drive out darkness;…

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The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: Counting Teammates

The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: Counting Teammates

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Quotes of the Week from Me: “There’s adventure in the woods.” “Kind honesty is the best kind.” “It’s important to live your life the way you feel is right.” “Want to be an expert? Practice. Practice. Practice.” “Counting teammates is counting advantages.” Quotes of the Week from Others: “Man is the most insane species. He worships an invisible God and destroys a visible nature. Unaware that this Nature he’s destroying is this God he’s worshiping.” – Hubert Reeves “Talk low,…

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The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: True Acceptance

The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: True Acceptance

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Quotes of the Week from Me: “I often think about the simple fact that some people are just way more charismatic than others.” “Too many days are spent surrounded by cold, bright screens. Where did the warmth go?” “Freedom and loneliness have too much in common.” “Can we no longer disagree without disrespect?” Quotes of the Week from Others: “At the end of the game, the king and the pawn go in the same box.” – Italian Proverb  “A ship…

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