April 16, 2010

Stay positive with the Optimist Creed

I am always intrigued at their reaction when new people hear the Optimist Creed for the first time.   A newspaper reporter recently visited the Thursday Noon Optimist Club of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.  He was there to hear from the mayor and expecting tough questions about the recent resignation of the city manager.  What he found instead was a room of "upbeat optimists."  

Journalist Rick Smith wrote in his article, "The Optimists stand and recite a lengthy mission statement after they eat and before the meeting’s featured speaker begins, and the statement is all about being, well, optimistic."  

His article goes on to describe the mayor's address, the questions posed by the group and in his view he believes the transportation projects and street closures could turn the group into pessimists.  Don’t worry; should that be about to happen, I trust they will remember their Creed.  

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