Good reminder. In spite of everything that scares the begeesbees out of me, this is a wonderful time to be alive. We're seeing miraculous stuff happen everyday. Find the joy.
There are miracles every day, even if so many of them are everyday miracles. I believe that in Madison, those miracles might be a little easier to see. We’re all so connected.
Thank you for reminding us all about the goodness of our times. This essay reminds me of the line from Hamilton - “Look around, look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now!”
Thank you! This is a great reminder today. I'm going to go into my sewing room now and keep repeating the mantra there is more good than bad. My substack is called Finding Joy. You have handed me joy on a plate today.
This is awesome, Randall! I love the idea of factfulness as a way to combat all the biases in our thinking. Thanks so much for sharing. Putting this on my to-read list.
If you tend to write positive, life affirming, and thoughtful posts like this, I might have to stick around! We can say yes to life, or we can say no. Only one of these options is going to be good for us.
Thanks, Tim. I borrowed from a writer friend, Leesa Cross-Smith, ages ago to do my best not to write about what I don’t like, but instead write about what I love. And truly, I write to remind myself about what I believe and how I want to see the world.
Good reminder. In spite of everything that scares the begeesbees out of me, this is a wonderful time to be alive. We're seeing miraculous stuff happen everyday. Find the joy.
There are miracles every day, even if so many of them are everyday miracles. I believe that in Madison, those miracles might be a little easier to see. We’re all so connected.
Thank you for reminding us all about the goodness of our times. This essay reminds me of the line from Hamilton - “Look around, look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now!”
Yes, exactly! And they were about to go to war, so you can imagine how it didn’t perhaps always feel like the luckiest time to be alive at all.
Thank you. I needed this nudge to shift my perspective.
You are so very welcome!
Thank you! This is a great reminder today. I'm going to go into my sewing room now and keep repeating the mantra there is more good than bad. My substack is called Finding Joy. You have handed me joy on a plate today.
That’s a good mantra, Sandra. Joy on a plate is excellent!
A reminder we all need at this point. Thx. ❤️
Thanks, Betsey.
Hans Rosling's last book was largely about the same thing, told through statistics.
https://www.gapminder.org/factfulness/
This is awesome, Randall! I love the idea of factfulness as a way to combat all the biases in our thinking. Thanks so much for sharing. Putting this on my to-read list.
If you tend to write positive, life affirming, and thoughtful posts like this, I might have to stick around! We can say yes to life, or we can say no. Only one of these options is going to be good for us.
Thanks, Tim. I borrowed from a writer friend, Leesa Cross-Smith, ages ago to do my best not to write about what I don’t like, but instead write about what I love. And truly, I write to remind myself about what I believe and how I want to see the world.