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Letter: We can be optimistic if we want to be

A group of children reach for balloons as they drop while they celebrate the New Year in the Rotunda of the Chabot Space and Science Center, on Sunday, Dec. 31, 2017, in Oakland, Calif. The 18th annual event celebrates the strokes of midnight from around the world with balloon drops at 11am, 1pm, and 4pm. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)
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Letter writer says we make our own happiness.
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Optimistic, absolutely! We make our own happiness. We are free to feel any way we want, so we make our own attitude. Sure, it can be affected by outside forces, but we can choose how we react. The glass is half-full or half-empty, take your pick. Rejoice or sulk, it’s up to you.

If you really feel like the last year was so bad, what are you doing to prevent repeating it? What are you doing to make 2018 better than 2017? I don’t particularly go along with the idea of New Year’s Resolutions, but if a clean slate makes it easier for you to improve, then now is the time to take advantage of it.

If we didn’t have occasional bad times, we would not appreciate the good times. Remember, not only can you control your attitude; you are the only one who can.

Jim Cauble
Hayward

 

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