Posts Tagged With: optimism

Day 1480: More good than bad

Yesterday, in a therapy group where I tried to make room for the positive AND the negative, somebody said

I believe there is more good than bad in the world.

Considering all this person has gone through, I was reminded of Anne Frank‘s famous quote:

I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.

Is there more good than bad in my photos from yesterday?

img_8177

img_8176

img_8178

 

img_8182

img_8184

img_8183

img_8192

img_8187

img_8189

img_8195

img_8196

img_8199

img_8200

img_8201

img_8203

img_8202

img_8204

img_8206

 

img_8208

img_8207

img_8211

img_8213

img_8217

img_8218

img_8215

img_8214

img_8224

img_8229

img_8228

 

img_8227

img_8226

img_8230

img_8221

img_8232

I know today is going to be more good than bad because I’m doing another therapy group and also seeing the very good guitarist Pat Metheny in concert.  Here‘s  Pat playing a good tune:

Finally, as I express my thanks to all the good people who helped me create this post and all the good people who are reading it, here are two more photos with more good than bad:

img_8222

img_8223

Categories: group therapy, personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | 22 Comments

Day 436: Looking Up

These days, things are looking up, including me.

Yesterday, as I was walking around the hospital where I work, I looked up and noticed that this clock was ready for its close-up:

Image

Have you ever noticed that almost all clocks and watches in advertisements are set to ten minutes past 10 (or ten minutes before 2)? That’s because marketing people have ascertained those are the most visually and esthetically pleasing positions.

Just to demonstrate this, I am going to google images for “clocks”

23705_XXX_v1-w2000

(I found that image here, a page that further proves my point)

…. and “watches.”

ESQ-jay-z-hublot-watch-1013-xl

(I found those here.)

Anyway, I was looking up a lot, yesterday. On my walk back to my car, after work, I saw this:

Image

“Wow!” I thought, for several reasons.

Then,  over to my left, I looked up again:

IMG_3069

I repeat, “Wow!”

Then, I looked up some more,  as I walked by friendly Fenway Park:

Image

I thought I saw buds on trees in this recent post. Now, I’m sure of it.

There are lots of numbers on this side of Fenway Park. This is my favorite one:

Image

In this statue memorializing Ted Williams …

Image

… somebody is really looking up to him. You can see #8‘s statue in that photo, too.

There was one more moment, yesterday, before I reached my car, where I paused, took a breath, and mindfully looked up:

Image

Yes, things are definitely looking up, around here:

Image

There are good reasons to look up at home, too:

Image

IMG_3088

Okay!  The clocks — in a less-than-optimally-esthetically-pleasing position — are telling me it’s time to end this post.

Thanks to time-keepers everywhere, the moon (which made several sneak appearances, above), people who stop and look,  everyone I look up to,  and to you — of course! — for looking this way, today.

Categories: personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: , , , , , , , , | 30 Comments

Blog at WordPress.com.