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Optimism – An Essay by Helen Keller (1903)
Fact is, there is plenty of it if you look for it.
In 2009 I was searching for some inspiration I came across this wonderful essay by Helen Keller. And, it was just the right medicine. Deaf, dumb and blind…and still an optimist! After reading it I was reminded I have no real problems, only a bruised ego now and again. And I’ve read this every year since…so I don’t forget it!
So, time to dust ourselves off, stop any whining, get excited and do something about it!
What follows are some of my favorite quotes from the essay with a few comments thrown in:
- Once I knew the depth where no hope was, and darkness lay on the face of all things. Then love came and set my soul free. (We could stop right there!)
- It is a mistake always to contemplate the good and ignore the evil, because by making people neglectful it lets in disaster. There is a dangerous optimism of ignorance and indifference. (Being an optimist doesn’t mean taking foolish risks.)
- I can say with conviction that the struggle which evil necessitates is one of the greatest blessings. It makes us strong, patient, helpful men and women.
- I proclaim the world good, and facts range themselves to prove my proclamation overwhelmingly true.
- Doubt and mistrust are the mere panic of timid imagination, which the steadfast heart will conquer, and the large mind transcend. (I love it…“timid” imagination”)
- The desire and will to work is optimism itself. (And those who can’t or won’t are easily dis-contented)
- Up, up! Whatsoever the hand findeth to do, do it with thy whole might. (Quoting Carlyle.)
- I long to accomplish a great and noble task; but it is my chief duty and joy to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble.
- He (referring to the philosopher Spinoza) loved the good for its own sake. Like many great spirits he accepted his place in the world, and confided himself childlike to a higher power, believing that it worked through his hands and predominated in his being. He trusted implicitly, and that is what I do. Deep, solemn optimism, it seems to me, should spring from this firm belief in the presence of God in the individual; not a remote, unapproachable governor of the universe, but a God who is very near every one of use, who is present not only in earth, sea and sky, but also in every pure and noble impulse of our hearts, “the source and center of all minds, their point of rest.”
- Though with my hand I grasp only a small part of the universe, with my spirit I see the whole, and in my thought I can compass the beneficent laws by which it is governed. (She was very “New Age”)
- Rome, too, left the world a rich inheritance. Through the vicissitudes of history her laws and ordered government have stood a majestic object-lesson for the ages. But when the stern, frugal character of her people ceased to be the bone and sinew of her civilization, Rome fell. (A lesson for all Americans and their weak politicians.)
- The highest result of education is tolerance….Tolerance is the finest principle of community; it is the spirit which conserves the best that all men think.
- To be an American is to be an optimist. (At least it was in 1903.)
- Since I consider it a duty to myself and to others to be happy, I escape a misery worse than any physical deprivation.
- The optimist cannot fall back, cannot falter; for he knows his neighbor will be hindered by his failure to keep in line. (Our life is not our own)
- No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.
- Thus the optimist believes, attempts, achieves. He stands always in the sunlight. Some day the wonderful, the inexpressible, arrives and shines upon him, and he is there to welcome it. His soul meets his own and beats a glad march to every new discovery, every fresh victory over difficulties, every addition to human knowledge and happiness.
- Shakespeare is the prince of optimists.
- Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement; nothing can be done without hope.
- If you are born blind, search the treasures of darkness. (My favorite quote.)
- Christmas Day is the festival of optimism.
- Optimism is the harmony between man’s spirit and the spirit of God pronouncing His works good.
If it were my company or household I would make sure everybody reads this essay. You can download it for free by going to http://www.archive.org/details/optimismessay00kelliala
Wishing you a Merry Christmas and Optimistic New Year,
Don Phin, (an eternal optimist!)
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Optimism: An Essay
Helen keller , daniel berkeley updike.
84 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1903
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Helen Keller
In her lovingly crafted and deeply perceptive autobiography, Keller's joyous spirit is most vividly expressed in her connection to nature:
Indeed, everything that could hum, or buzz, or sing, or bloom, had a part in my education.... Few know what joy it is to feel the roses pressing softly into the hand, or the beautiful motion of the lilies as they sway in the morning breeze. Sometimes I caught an insect in the flower I was plucking, and I felt the faint noise of a pair of wings rubbed together in a sudden terror....
The idea of feeling rather than hearing a sound, or of admiring a flower's motion rather than its color, evokes a strong visceral sensation in the reader, giving The Story of My Life a subtle power and beauty. Keller's celebration of discovery becomes our own. In the end, this blind and deaf woman succeeds in sharpening our eyes and ears to the beauty of the world. --Shawn Carkonen
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Optimism An Essay By Helen Keller Author of "The Story of My Life" New York T. Y. Crowell and Company Mdcccciii Copyright, 1903, by Helen Keller Published November, 1903 D. B. Updike, The Merrymount Press, Boston To My Teacher Part i. Optimism Within Part i [11] Optimism Within
Optimism, an essay by Keller, Helen, 1880-1968. Publication date 1903 Publisher New York : T. Y. Crowell and company Collection cdl; americana Digitizing sponsor MSN Contributor University of California Libraries Language English. 75, [1] p. 20 cm Addeddate 2007-07-03 14:36:06 Bookplateleaf 4 Call number SRLF:LAGE-233204
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Optimism, An Essay. LibriVox recording of Optimism, An Essay by Helen Keller. Though blind, deaf, and left-handed too, it seemed nothing could hold Helen Keller back. For her graduation from Radcliffe College in 1903, this 23 year old idealistic, charming, ever-striving, pampered young essayist wrote: "I find myself looking forward with beating ...
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement; nothing can be done without hope. If you are born blind, search the treasures of darkness. (My favorite quote.) Christmas Day is the festival of optimism. Optimism is the harmony between man's spirit and the spirit of God pronouncing His works good.
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Helen Keller once said, "Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement." Keller was an author and political activist who never let the fact that she was blind and deaf stand in her way of staying optimistic and keeping a positive attitude through all the ups and downs that life had to give her.
Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 - June 1, 1968) was an American author, political activist, and lecturer. She was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree. The story of how Keller's teacher, Anne Sullivan, broke through the isolation imposed by a near complete lack of language, allowing the girl to blossom as she learned to communicate, has become widely known through ...
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I just the love the spirit and optimism of Helen Keller. As I was reading her essay, I had to keep reminding myself That this giant of a spirit is blind and deaf. It is truly the greatest courage I have known. The Spirit of Helen is the spirit of God, as he lives in her and talks in her.
Stuck in a rut? Need an attitude adjustment? This inspirational classic from American author Helen Keller is bound to fit the bill. Rendered deaf and blind by scarlet fever in her infancy in a time when the disabled were often shunned and ignored, Keller managed to learn to read, write, and speak, not in only in her native English, but in several other languages, as well.
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