I’m having a rough day.
However, late last night an idea came to me for an important change I can make in my life that could lead to greater fulfillment in my work. While I’m not going to reveal what it is, I was pleased to be able to consider and then immediately research some exciting opportunities.
In the last five or ten years, I read an article in the New York Times about how humans are biologically “programmed” to be optimistic. We believe that there is always something better ahead. This keeps us moving forward. If we were to become satisfied with what we currently had — a full stomach, say — we would be unlikely to expend energy looking for the food we would need tomorrow.
I wonder if penguins, and other animals, feel the same, that they are never satisfied.
Evidence of a friendly universe: a brighter tomorrow.