Believe in the good

Ralph Waldo Emerson advocated optimism.
“Don’t waste yourself in rejection,” he wrote.
“Chant the beauty of the good.”
Those who make it in life and business tend to be positive.
We’re believers in the beauty of the good.
Our late friend Jerry Fowler was positive to the end.
Jerry was diagnosed with cancer and set out to beat it.
He finally lost the fight but he carried cancer to 15 rounds.
Jerry acted as if getting cancer was a gift from God.
Maybe it was. It certainly brought out the best in him.
I felt honored to speak at his memorial service.
Successful people think like Jerry Fowler did.
They welcome challenges. They appreciate life’s tests.
They believe what they do brings value to others.
Copywriter Clayton Makepeace advocates optimism, too.
But he writes that optimism must have a foundation.
Your idea -- what you do -- must be believable.
It must be based on provable, demonstrable reality.
Pessimists may think they’re realists. They’re not.
They just drag down themselves and those around them.
Think you’re a victim? You'll always be a victim.
If you look for a reason to be depressed, you’ll find it.
Quit trying to justify failure by blaming it on others.
Look in the mirror. There’s the culprit.
As Pogo said, "We have met the enemy and he is us."
Put a smile on your face. You’ll soon feel better.
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