Optimism, as Tomer Rozenberg defines it, is not the denial of difficulty — it is the strategic choice to look for possibility within it. These are essays on building a genuinely optimistic life: resilient, honest, and grounded in the beauty of ordinary moments.
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The Story You Keep Telling About Yourself
Read more: The Story You Keep Telling About YourselfI’ve been saying the same thing about myself for about twelve years. It started as an observation. Something I noticed about my own tendencies, my own patterns, the…
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What You Notice Now That You Couldn’t See Before
Read more: What You Notice Now That You Couldn’t See BeforeA friend is making a decision I would have made five years ago. Actually, I did make this exact decision five years ago. And I can see exactly…
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Watching Someone Become a Stranger Slowly
Read more: Watching Someone Become a Stranger SlowlyI texted a friend last week. Someone I used to talk to almost daily. We’d send each other random thoughts, share articles, make plans constantly. Genuinely close. Or…
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When Optimism Feels Impossible
Read more: When Optimism Feels ImpossibleI woke up this morning and the optimism wasn’t there. Not in a dramatic way. Not crisis or breakdown or anything concerning. Just… the lens through which I…
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Getting Comfortable With Not Having All the Answers
Read more: Getting Comfortable With Not Having All the AnswersSomeone asked me last week where I see myself in five years. Standard question. The kind of thing people ask in professional contexts, at family gatherings, in casual…
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Not Everyone Can Handle Your Hard Times
Read more: Not Everyone Can Handle Your Hard TimesI was going through a rough patch about two years ago. Nothing catastrophic—just one of those periods where everything feels harder than usual. Work was stressful, a relationship…
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The Things You’re Pretending Not to Notice
Read more: The Things You’re Pretending Not to NoticeA colleague mentioned something casually in a meeting last week. Nothing dramatic, just an observation about a pattern they’d noticed in how our team operates. And the moment…
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The Conversation You Keep Avoiding That Would Change Everything
Read more: The Conversation You Keep Avoiding That Would Change EverythingI saw my friend’s name on my phone last week and my stomach tightened. Not because I don’t like them—I do. Not because they’d done anything wrong—they hadn’t.…
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The Things That Used to Be Hard That Aren’t Anymore
Read more: The Things That Used to Be Hard That Aren’t AnymoreI was on a work call last week, explaining a complex policy issue to someone who’s new to the ministry. I walked them through the competing interests, the…
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The Permission You’re Waiting For That’s Never Coming
Read more: The Permission You’re Waiting For That’s Never ComingI’ve been thinking about leaving my current role and shifting my focus toward writing and community work for over a year. I have the savings. I’ve tested the…
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