The smartest people can become so cynical. I had been thinking about this sour disposition and the temptation to see the world as lost and terrible when I came upon Maria Popover's inspiring post "10 Lessons of Learn in 10 Years of Brain Pickings". It spurred me to do a Soul School as a reading of her 10th Lesson learned and my own reflection on the topic of cynicism. I hope you find that it gives you a big boost when the world seems bad, and much too dark, deadly and full of doom.

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Thanks for listening, sharing, and be encouraged to be a SPARK of resilient hope in the world every chance you get.

XOX
Lisa