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The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: Two Forces of Optimism, One Change of Heart

The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: Two Forces of Optimism, One Change of Heart

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Weekly Optimist Newsletter Attila the Hun; barbarian, cruel, powerful. Pope Leo I; spiritual, authoritative, unifying. By 452, Attila had led sieges across Western Asia and Eastern Europe, resulting in a broken treaty with the Romans and mass destruction throughout the region. His ambition was relentless. He wanted more land, more power, and more control. By 452, Pope Leo I, also known as Pope Leo The Great, had arbitrated several disputes between religious leaders, and acted as a trusted advisor on…

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The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: The Process of Thought

The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: The Process of Thought

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One instance of thought does not define us. Live by a process of thought. It is the process of thought that makes us who we are and what we will become. Commit. Have you decided what you will dedicate 2023 to yet? Resolutions can be great. They start us down a fresh path to health or well-being. Sometimes they lead to success. But how many success stories begin and end in the same year? Ok, maybe not end. How many…

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The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: Productive Procrastination

The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: Productive Procrastination

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Doing things can get in the way. But there is so much that needs to be done. And all that needs to be done gets in the way of all the other things we need and want to do. How is it possible to pick the first thing that must be done? What comes second? Productive procrastination is a trap. When we wake up in the morning there are priorities. When I wake up, my priorities are exercise, reading, and…

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The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: Don’t. You can’t. Not Possible.

The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: Don’t. You can’t. Not Possible.

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Monday, January 2, 2023 Happy New Year! Welcome to 2023. Thank you for reading in 2022, I am very excited for what the new year will bring. If you typically follow the newsletter but do not navigate to practice-optimism.com, please make sure you take a look at some of the new material on the website. There are new articles, children’s stories, and more in-depth conversations about the topics we cover every Monday. Thank you again and enjoy! Don’t, You Can’t,…

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The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: Other People

The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: Other People

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Other people will always surprise you. Not always in frequency, but in their talents, interests, kindness, and life experiences. Credentials and appearance allow for first impressions and levels of understanding just below the surface, but rarely do we get the whole story. As we approach the new year I’d like to emphasize the importance of meeting new people and the importance of taking the time to learn more about them. Ask questions. Be surprised. Learn and grow together. When seeking…

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The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: Forgiveness on the Road to Self-Discipline

The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: Forgiveness on the Road to Self-Discipline

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Forgive yourself. Do it now. Then move on. I keep finding that as I write a weekly newsletter I should take my own thoughts into consideration. I often struggle to ease up on myself after a mistake or failure of any kind. So, as you read on at Practice Optimism, please know that some of the topics I choose are not necessarily strengths, but things I am working on too. They make me think as much as I hope you…

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The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: Praise

The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: Praise

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“Everything in any way beautiful has its beauty of itself, inherent and self-sufficient: praise is no part of it. At any rate, praise does not make anything better or worse.” – Marcus Aurelius I do not typically begin a post with a quote from someone else. Some great advice I got in college: nobody can capture your thoughts or words better than you, only use the words of others to support your claims. Today is a bit different because I…

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The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: A Construct of Time

The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: A Construct of Time

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Time is the most valuable measurement. Appreciate it. Acknowledge it. It is priceless. Time measures many aspects of our lives. It measures our tasks and dictates our due dates. It also measures our relationships and in some ways our health. Time to go. Time to eat. Time to not eat. Time to move on. Living for more time can mean you lived well or lived a healthy life.  Time can influence our emotions and actions. It keeps track of our…

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TGIM

TGIM

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That Friday Feeling, On A Monday? TGIM, thank God it’s Monday. Hold on, we need to rewind a bit, right? Who thanks God that it’s Monday? Last Friday, I witnessed a typical sigh of relief as my neighbor’s shoulders dropped to the spoken thought of two consecutive days without work. Friday always feels lighter and brighter; another week of hard work had reached its peak. The carrot of a workless weekend dangled in front of us. Friday represents the end…

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The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: History Sits in Silence

The Weekly Optimist Newsletter: History Sits in Silence

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History sits in silence. The history of humankind is young and at times naïve. It has always fascinated me and its chronology is complex and wonderful. As a student, I enjoyed learning about the progression of history, its brilliance, and how we eventually arrived in “modern” society. Thousands of years ago, humankind established cultures built from ideologies in the form of art, communication, architecture, and social infrastructure. Empires rose, ruled, and fell. But history sits in silence. Thousands of years…

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