Thank you all for the success of the "12 Days of Optimism"! The blog saw more views over those twelve days than it has since it started. Here is the full Optimist Creed, written by Christian D. Larson in the early 1900s. Even over 100 years ago the power of positive thinking was well known and relevant. Read it, print it out, and live it in your daily life.
The Optimist Creed
I promise myself...
To be so strong that nothing can disturb my peace of mind.
To talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person I meet.
To male all of my friends feel that there is something worthwhile in them.
To look at the sunny side of everything and make my optimism come true.
To think only of the best, to work only for the best and to expect only the best.
To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as I am about my own.
To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.
To wear cheerful expressions at all times and give a smile to every living creature I meet.
To give so much time to improving myself that I have no time to criticize others.
To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.
To think well of myself and to proclaim this fact to the world, not in loud words, but in great deeds.
To live in the faith that the whole world is on my side, so long as I am true to the best that is in me.
- Christian D. Larson
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