The Optimist

[Griff]

Monday at work I was accused* of being an optimist. It kind of struck me, how has this happened? If you are a stalker or truly bored, you could grind through my older posts here. I don't think that guy was an optimist. I always think of myself as a cynic, but frankly at work I am an optimist. I work with 3 and 4 year old kids, some from shockingly tough backgrounds, most just poor. To me these kids represent potential, they are what could be. That makes me optimistic. I've been working on my head. I look for and give weight to the good things I find. Another piece of the puzzle is that I am rapidly becoming apolitical. There is that one class of individual guaranteed toresuscitate the cynic, so I'm not going to engage them much. I may check in with the election, but I'm gonna keep my distance. It isn't healthy to get caught up in stuff that I can't impact and won't find uplifting. Instead, I'm going to teach 3 and 4 year olds not to hit and to enjoy school. I'll change their world.




*in a positive way