Clarice Linspector starts the Hour of the Star with the line “All the world began with a yes.” An argument for trying stuff. The biological imperative as the steadfastly optimistic. Life begins with two creatures saying Yeah, okay, let’s try.
I came to optimism because I heard another parent say that if you chose to have kids then you have to be optimist…
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