Optimism isn’t a fantasy hope for a better future. Optimism must be grounded in the reality of your circumstances. US Navy Admiral Jim Stockdale taught this in what has come to be called The Stockton Paradox.
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Beginning Within - Rabbi Aryeh Weinstein
Change yourself. Influence others.