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Jun 5, 2012
"Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing." --Arundhati Roy
7 Essential Books on Optimism
Every once in a while, we all get burned out. Sometimes, charred. And while a healthy dose of cynicism and skepticism may help us get by, it's in those times that we need nothing more than to embrace life's promise of positivity with open arms. Here are seven wonderful books that help do just that with an arsenal ranging from the light visceral stimulation of optimistic design to the serious neuroscience findings about our proclivity for the positive.
BE THE CHANGE
A short passage on balancing optimism with realism: "Perhaps the wisdom in blinking is that it keeps us in the middle, keeps us from drowning in the dark and from burning up from the light." More ...
