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Confessions of a Closet Optimist: March 2010
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Confessions of a Closet Optimist. Play in the rain. Wednesday, March 31, 2010. Windows, Mirrors, and Doors. There is an old saying, that we are judged by the company we keep. If true, I tell you, I must be a saint. For my company is nothing short of divine. Even knowing all that, I’ve never been able to shake the importance of March 28th. 8220;When God closes a door, he opens a window.”. Part One – Windows. 8221; “ What did you get up to? With that pre-disposition I know it must sound odd that prior to m...
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Confessions of a Closet Optimist: July 2010
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Confessions of a Closet Optimist. Play in the rain. Sunday, July 25, 2010. The children were unharmed. Police and an ambulance arrived shortly after, but nothing could be done. The woman died at the scene. After the paramedics had assessed her and reassured her that there were no other casualties, she was overcome with a sense of calm. Then, as she drew her final breaths, witnesses at the scene reported that she whispered “thank you.”. Tuesday, July 13, 2010. It’s an impressive theory, helping us t...
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Confessions of a Closet Optimist: "Just Believe."
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Confessions of a Closet Optimist. Play in the rain. Sunday, August 29, 2010. We are a culture defined by “you are good enough.”. A thousand times a day, we are exposed to words in quotation marks. “Be the change that you want to see in the world.” “You are worth it.” “.Because you are worth it.” “You’re perfect just the way you are.” “She really loves you if she swallows.”. We are a society of clichés. And there is a hidden falsity here that is tragic. To be clear: We are not defined as a society that fi...
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Confessions of a Closet Optimist: Stepping out of Shadows
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Confessions of a Closet Optimist. Play in the rain. Saturday, September 18, 2010. Stepping out of Shadows. We all have vices. Personally, my favourite one is greed. Or perhaps envy. I was never really clear on the details. All I know is that I covet my neighbour’s everything. Somewhere, deep down behind all of that shame (and resultant fear), is the real me. Underneath it. As anyone who’s been my friend over the past months (read: years (read: intimate friend) knows that I’ve been working to ...But I kno...
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Confessions of a Closet Optimist: May 2010
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Confessions of a Closet Optimist. Play in the rain. Saturday, May 8, 2010. I Choose Laughter in the Wind. One of the best strategies of a defence lawyer, the Hollywood television shows teach us, is to put forward all of your bad feet. Tell the court all of your case’s worst parts – that way you can defend it best. If instead you hide them, that gives the prosecutor a chance to bring them up. And if they do, they’ll paint it as much, much worse. I have always believed in the power of transparency. And so,...
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Confessions of a Closet Optimist: February 2010
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Confessions of a Closet Optimist. Play in the rain. Sunday, February 14, 2010. Was there anything else on your mind? No other holiday is really like that. We don't hear, on Father's Day, passionate claims to Bastard's Awareness Day. Perhaps that is too derogatory. How about a Halloween change-up for those who don't feel like trick-or-treating? Enjoy the Skin You're In Day, or Healthy Eater's Awareness Day. Does one need to have someone in their sights before they can appreciate and rejoice in the power o...
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Confessions of a Closet Optimist: A Midnight Missive
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Confessions of a Closet Optimist. Play in the rain. Thursday, August 19, 2010. If I’m wrong, and there is a God, I’m going to tell Him about you. Love, I’m going to pull up a chair and tell Him about you. We’ll talk until the sun goes down, or up, or whatever the sun does in heaven, while I tell Him about how you were the only one I would have crossed oceans for. How my life was altered when I met you. How my being was vindicated by your welcome. I’ll talk about how you sometimes didn’t belie...For me wr...
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Confessions of a Closet Optimist: December 2009
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Confessions of a Closet Optimist. Play in the rain. Wednesday, December 30, 2009. Resolutioning is, of course, an art. How can it be any surprise, then, that a good resolution is no different? It is, perhaps, one of the hardest art forms. Simultaneously, it is a private letter written with the most pertinent of passions and a public gift given to sate the most important of wants - all addressed to the self. And, as if the. Of such a thing was not difficult enough,. I am certain we are up to the task.
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Confessions of a Closet Optimist: August 2010
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Confessions of a Closet Optimist. Play in the rain. Sunday, August 29, 2010. We are a culture defined by “you are good enough.”. A thousand times a day, we are exposed to words in quotation marks. “Be the change that you want to see in the world.” “You are worth it.” “.Because you are worth it.” “You’re perfect just the way you are.” “She really loves you if she swallows.”. We are a society of clichés. And there is a hidden falsity here that is tragic. To be clear: We are not defined as a society that fi...
