Mattis tempers optimistic outlook on Afghanistan after twin bombings

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Mattis tempers optimistic outlook on Afghanistan after twin bombings

Defense Secretary James Mattis on Tuesday sought to temper media reports that the Pentagon has taken a more optimistic outlook on Afghanistan, a day after a pair of suicide bombings in Kabul killed at least 35 people, including...

LJ Mood theme

Klassic Korfage

October 14, 2006.

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This cherry tree has an uncanny knack of coming into blossom right before another cold snap. Took this pic this morning, tonight it's 2degC out there with wind chill.

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Trout season opened a few weeks ago, so there probaly aren't many left, but there is always hope.

Here, Gav is cautiously upbeat.

Optimistic setting at Admiral Cheng-Ho Cafe.

325 Johnston St., Abbotsford

Photo credit: Pat Miller

Somewhere around Maxwell..?

About a month too early for the melt, I should have turned around here.

Optimistic spectators wear sunglasses in the drizzle

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Clear glass beads and blue colored pearls will give off an energy of soothing warmness. This necklace will make you feel empowered to seek out your true creativity.

The sentiment is from BG that I added a little glitter to.

we keep getting flowers but very few beans

The Optimistics, Sunset Club, Pasadena, the 90's -- blurry, but we had a good gig

At the Ft. Worth Stock Show.

-- green

-- optimistic

While I was never a hard core Trekkie, I'm a big believer that Star Trek has had a huge impact on how we have invented our future - but perhaps more important, how we view that future.

On the first point, consider the devices which were imagined in the 60’s that are a part of our world today: real-time language translation; video-chat, personal communicators, wearable medical devices and tri-corders! Somehow the writers imagined our today, yesterday (as did those involved in the Jetsons and other shows within the 60’s.) And while Star Trek is not necessarily known for painting an optimistic, rosy view of the future, it certainly seems more hopeful than some other fictional movies and TV shows.

Consider “Agent Smith” in The Matrix: “As a species, human beings define their reality through suffering and misery." Not terribly inspiring, that.

You know your future is what you make it. You fully comprehend that it is the steps that you take, the path you consider, and the choices along the way that will decide your direction.

It should be pretty obvious that you should let optimism be your guide.

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My optimism is found in these fundamental beliefs (based on a blog post I wrote on November 9, 2016 - to me, a very difficult day:) jimcarroll.com/2016/11/10-reasons-why-i-still-believe-in-... - Science still exponentiates - Knowledge still accelerates - The global idea machine still reverberates - Big thinkers still think of how to solve big challenges - Hyper-connectivity still provides for a reimagined future - Inventors still invent - Dreamers still dream - Innovators still innovate - Doers still do - Change agents can still effect positive change - No barrier to the future is insurmountable with the right determination

Optimism can always overcome pessimism.

In that context, the future is still full of opportunity - and you are richer than you think!

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