Reflections

Gratitude is not naïveté. It is a way of seeing. Recently, a professional friend told me she was more of a “glass-half-empty” person than a “glass-half-full” one. She admitted she needed optimistic people around her because otherwise life could begin to feel catastrophic. I suspect many people feel the same way. We are naturally drawn toward those who carry some sense of possibility within them. Pessimism narrows the imagination. It settles too quickly on loss,More...