~OPTIMISM~

*GOOD THOUGHTS IN NOT-SO-GOOD TIMES*

"And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow." ~Jerry Chin

"When it is dark enough, you can see the stars." ~Charles Beard

"'It's not as bad going through here as it is to live here always. And for all I know, one reason why we must go this way to the house prepared for us is so that our home might be made all the sweeter to us.'" ~John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress

"You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses." ~Ziggy

"In three words I can sum up everything that I have learned about life. It goes on." ~Robert Frost

"Even if you fall on your face, you're still moving forward." ~Gallagher

"No pessimist ever discovered the secret to the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit." ~Helen Keller