Not sure I believe this “We are born negative and we have to learn positivity. “ spend time with a baby and I think the opposite is true. Positivity is sucked out of us. We need to hold on with every cell in our body. It’s too easy to be negative.
With you on this Rob. Also good to practice Miktapa, embracing the idea of impertinence . Bhutan is poor country in terms of GDP, but ranks consistently high in GNH ( Gross National Happiness). Miktapa helps them focus on the present which they have more control with.
One of my favorite quotes about hope comes from Rebecca Solnit:
“Hope is not a lottery ticket you can sit on the sofa and clutch, feeling lucky. It is an axe you break down doors with in an emergency. Hope should shove you out the door, because it will take everything you have to steer the future away from endless war, from the annihilation of the earth's treasures and the grinding down of the poor and marginal... To hope is to give yourself to the future - and that commitment to the future is what makes the present inhabitable.”
Thanks, I needed that (as John Goodman said so well, after two slaps in the face, which come to think of it, is how the debate felt, sans the refreshing part...) Thinking of optimism as a choice (which I believe it is) is useful and helpful. So, yes, thanks. I needed that.
Wow, what a great piece. Thank you.
Not sure I believe this “We are born negative and we have to learn positivity. “ spend time with a baby and I think the opposite is true. Positivity is sucked out of us. We need to hold on with every cell in our body. It’s too easy to be negative.
You may be right. I’m just following the scientists. :)
With you on this Rob. Also good to practice Miktapa, embracing the idea of impertinence . Bhutan is poor country in terms of GDP, but ranks consistently high in GNH ( Gross National Happiness). Miktapa helps them focus on the present which they have more control with.
Breathing is optimism. Teaching is optimism. Loving is optimism. Waking up each morning is optimism.
Thank you for this, Rob. So timely and needed.
One of my favorite quotes about hope comes from Rebecca Solnit:
“Hope is not a lottery ticket you can sit on the sofa and clutch, feeling lucky. It is an axe you break down doors with in an emergency. Hope should shove you out the door, because it will take everything you have to steer the future away from endless war, from the annihilation of the earth's treasures and the grinding down of the poor and marginal... To hope is to give yourself to the future - and that commitment to the future is what makes the present inhabitable.”
Love this. Thanks for posting.
Thanks, I needed that (as John Goodman said so well, after two slaps in the face, which come to think of it, is how the debate felt, sans the refreshing part...) Thinking of optimism as a choice (which I believe it is) is useful and helpful. So, yes, thanks. I needed that.