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helenofjoy

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Location: Lincoln, Nebraska
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Posted: Aug 8, 2012 - 9:20am

In my opinion - it takes practicing a certain way of thinking.  We are in charge of what we think. 


hippiechick

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Posted: Aug 8, 2012 - 9:16am

 Umberdog wrote:

If only it were that simple, HC. I'm very concerned for my species and all the stuff I see. For example, people speak very highly of love, but what I see is arrogance and selfishness. The words come easy, but the deeds are next to impossible. Fear is far easier than love and fear is, more likely than not, to wind up as hate. So I try to love and care for people... but I wind up fearing them.

 
Totally get that
saratzea

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Posted: Aug 8, 2012 - 9:13am

 Umberdog wrote:
I wish I had a reason to be optimistic.

 
One doesn't need reasons to be optimistic. If you have everything, what's there left to be optimistic for?
It is a choice. You either are optimist or pessimist.  
(sorry for bad english) 
Umberdog

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Posted: Aug 7, 2012 - 1:00pm

 Orion6 wrote:
Be the change you wish to see in the world.  - Ghandi
 
Yeah... I've kinda pulled that off, although imperfectly. Gandhi was shot, ya know.
Orion6

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Posted: Aug 7, 2012 - 12:53pm

 Umberdog wrote:

If only it were that simple, HC. I'm very concerned for my species and all the stuff I see. For example, people speak very highly of love, but what I see is arrogance and selfishness. The words come easy, but the deeds are next to impossible. Fear is far easier than love and fear is, more likely than not, to wind up as hate. So I try to love and care for people... but I wind up fearing them.

 

Be the change you wish to see in the world.  - Ghandi
Umberdog

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Posted: Aug 7, 2012 - 12:48pm

 hippiechick wrote:
vERY HARD TO DO WITH CHRONIC HEALTH PROBLEMS 
 
If only it were that simple, HC. I'm very concerned for my species and all the stuff I see. For example, people speak very highly of love, but what I see is arrogance and selfishness. The words come easy, but the deeds are next to impossible. Fear is far easier than love and fear is, more likely than not, to wind up as hate. So I try to love and care for people... but I wind up fearing them.


hippiechick

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Posted: Aug 7, 2012 - 11:00am

 Umberdog wrote:
I wish I had a reason to be optimistic.

 

vERY HARD TO DO WITH CHRONIC HEALTH PROBLEMS 
Umberdog

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Posted: Aug 7, 2012 - 10:47am

I wish I had a reason to be optimistic.
oldviolin

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Posted: Sep 25, 2010 - 7:32am

 cookinlover wrote:

I'm in the mood to join right now.
 

eww
Latka

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Posted: Sep 25, 2010 - 7:31am

Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life, by Martin E. P. Seligman, Ph.D. (1990, Vintage Books)

http://www.reflectivehappiness.com  

 

There are also several other titles by Seligman that deal with happiness and overcoming learned helplessness.  Someone recommended that I read this, and I was quite optimistic when I went out and got the book.

 

Now I am looking forward to actually reading it some day.

{#Frustrated}




Manbird

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Posted: Sep 24, 2010 - 8:25pm

 cookinlover wrote:

I'm in the mood to join right now.
 
Let's both join! There's no law against holding hands and skipping... at least not yet... 
cookinlover

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Posted: Sep 24, 2010 - 8:12pm

 Manbird wrote:
You can join the soroptimists - I bet they're generally pretty optimistic. When they get done being sore. 

 
I'm in the mood to join right now.

Manbird

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Posted: Sep 24, 2010 - 8:10pm

You can join the soroptimists - I bet they're generally pretty optimistic. When they get done being sore. 
Red_Dragon

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Posted: Sep 24, 2010 - 8:04pm

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:
Baseball.

 
More specifically: The Cubs.

oldviolin

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Posted: Sep 24, 2010 - 8:04pm

epic skulduggery...
ScottFromWyoming

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Posted: Sep 24, 2010 - 8:02pm

Baseball.
oldviolin

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Posted: Sep 24, 2010 - 8:01pm

 KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:

That, I recommend.
 

10, 2 and 4


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Posted: Sep 24, 2010 - 7:59pm

 samiyam wrote:
I go to the local 7-11 store, I buy a half a dozen Slim Jims, A large Dr. Pepper, and a copy of Sports Illustrated and sit down in the shade...
 
No red vines? EPIC FAIL



 
katzendogs

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Posted: Sep 24, 2010 - 7:53pm

 peter_james_bond wrote:
I know this is going to sound odd but I don't care. I don't need a pill to get high, but I would love a drug, herb, method etc that would make me feel more optimistic. Optimism breeds confidence, which breeds motion, which breeds action, which leads to things getting done. Is there anything out there??? Is it possible to create optimism? Do you have a way to generate optimism? Please share your knowledge.

 
Adding thinner to paint does not make paint. It will give the hope that you finish the job though! {#Mrgreen}
KurtfromLaQuinta

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Posted: Sep 23, 2010 - 9:08pm

 samiyam wrote:
I go to the local 7-11 store, I buy a half a dozen Slim Jims, A large Dr. Pepper, and a copy of Sports Illustrated and sit down in the shade...

 
That, I recommend.

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