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Optimism Might Even Unite Us

13 Sunday Apr 2014

Posted by dianasschwenk in Diana's Enormous Book of Quotes, In My Opinion

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“Optimism is the greatest form of rebellion.” Carmen Medina

sail boatWe live in a world where our options are often dictated to us by those in authority. A few solutions are presented and we vote for the least offensive one.

To operate outside this context seems too overwhelming a task.

Yet those self-appointed with the authority to tackle the big issues in our world are merely looking after their own interests, so why shouldn’t I look after my own?

Because realistically, what difference can I make standing alone against a wall of bureaucracy? A well-oiled machine that moves steadily on, bulldozing everything in its path?

Martin Luther King gave an ‘I have a dream’  speech, not an ‘I have a plan with three options you can choose from’  speech. He was hopeful for a day when all men and women would be equal. He was optimistic about humanity doing the right thing. It was his optimism that united a generation.

One could even say it was the greatest form of rebellion against the accepted norms of his day.

~ DIANA’S ENORMOUS BOOK OF QUOTES ~

Grant me the courage to be optimistic and unite a generation to do the right thing

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Fantasy Island and rose-coloured glasses

08 Sunday Jul 2012

Posted by dianasschwenk in Diana's Enormous Book of Quotes, My Stories

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I’ve been accused of living on Fantasy Island with rose-coloured glasses on, but I don’t care because I believe! – Diana Schwenk

An original quote

Well a response actually to this must-read post by newsofthetimes.

I’ve always been an optimist.

I can’t help it.

It’s who I am.

When I was a little girl I fell in love with horses

and pictured riding a thousand times.

I knew I could

I believed I could

I was born to ride.

So when I was about 10 I climbed a farmer’s fence.

I approached a mare and whispered my dream to her.

I grabbed her mane and pulled myself onto her back.

My legs wrapped taut around her sides, her mane twisted up in my hand;

I rode her at a gallop through the field.

She and I were one.  I had never felt so alive!

I don’t try to be optimistic. I just am.

I look for good and I find it.

I believe in community where each person adds value.

I’ve pictured it a thousand times,

and I will see it – I was born to live in it.

I JUST KNOW it.

What do you JUST KNOW?

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