“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.”—Helen Keller
I woke up the other day with a palpable sense of optimism. Amid the flood of uncertainty among many in my community of friends and neighbors, I felt a sense of calm and positivity.
(Positivity is not always one of my strong suits.) It trying to understand why I felt this way, I could only attribute it to hope.
The United States has been increasingly divisive. I know many don’t think this will end, but I see opportunity. I see an opportunity for us to challenge this divisiveness and come together to make change.
We are at a crossroads. (Personally, I believe every step of life is at a crossroads—carpe momento.) We have before the path of pessimism and stagnation (the status quo) or the path of optimism and growth.
The blessing of differing views is the options for solutions. There is a lot in the world that is broken. Will we keep complaining or will we get to work? Will we keep applying band-aid solutions or will be treat the underlying problems?
Many fear that institutions will be torn down. Many likely will. This can be scary. It can also be an opportunity—an opportunity to get it right this time when we rebuild. I prefer to see the opportunity.
We can come together as United and other-centered or keep going down a path of division and entitlement. I am optimistic. I am hopeful.
Let’s ask ourselves why we disagree and what the obstacles are to having our needs met. Let us….
Be your best today; be better tomorrow.
Carpe momento!!