tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-615568816759693841.post4914679133709986739..comments2023-04-03T01:58:00.216-07:00Comments on Confessions and Dreams...: following up with The OptimistTaniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07564365076263636632noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-615568816759693841.post-59971665724246465882013-03-09T12:56:31.399-08:002013-03-09T12:56:31.399-08:00I like this, especially the one about tragic optim...I like this, especially the one about tragic optimism! Heather x Heather https://www.blogger.com/profile/16391490107612393396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-615568816759693841.post-90848487436208707132013-03-08T14:22:16.922-08:002013-03-08T14:22:16.922-08:00Well, apparently I'm not an optimist...not exa...Well, apparently I'm not an optimist...not exactly news...since few of the quotes resonated with me! I did really like this one, though: "Genuine happiness is a skill. It takes time to develop."<br /><br />And I'd be curious to understand his distinction between Hope v. Optimism - "Optimism can turn far too quickly into pessimism if conditions don't go well. Hope is different." - because I do indeed identify with the word Hope...at least with what the Church (in her precise, archaic language) has defined as "the Theological Virtue of Hope."<br /><br />Also, I agree - comedians can be such entertaining writers...once you realize they're comedians!<br />Finicky Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06096968677045137455noreply@blogger.com