{"id":1282,"date":"2014-05-22T08:00:54","date_gmt":"2014-05-22T15:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/?p=1282"},"modified":"2014-05-22T07:19:32","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T14:19:32","slug":"being-optimistic-is-like-a-muscle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/being-optimistic-is-like-a-muscle\/","title":{"rendered":"Being optimistic is like a muscle . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Being optimistic is like a muscle that gets stronger with use. Makes it easier when the tough times arrive. You have to change the way you think in order to change the way you feel.&#8221; \u2014 <a title=\"Robin Roberts\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robin_Roberts_%28newscaster%29\" target=\"_blank\">Robin Roberts<\/a>, <a title=\"Everybody's Got Something\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Everybodys-Got-Something-Robin-Roberts\/dp\/1455578452\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Everybody&#8217;s Got Something<\/em>,<\/a> her memoir.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note from Marlene:<\/strong>\u00a0 Sometimes the sweetness of serendipity brings tears to my eyes. I have a list of quotes to post on Thursday Quote Day on The Write Spot Blog.\u00a0 This one, by Robin Roberts, was next in line when I looked in my quotes file. I booted up to post the quote and surprise!\u00a0 There was a post waiting for approval by marcyt, writing about cancer and doctors and well, you should read<a href=\"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/?p=1267#comment-148\" target=\"_blank\"> this one. <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/robin-roberts.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1284 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/robin-roberts.jpg\" alt=\"robin roberts\" width=\"185\" height=\"289\" \/><\/a>Marcyt&#8217;s post is in sync with Robin&#8217;s quote.\u00a0 Thank you, marcyt, for your lovely, poignant, gorgeous writing.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone:\u00a0 Please . . . do make comments on any of the posts on The Write Spot Blog. I welcome your participation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Being optimistic is like a muscle that gets stronger with use. Makes it easier when the tough times arrive. You have to change the way you think in order to change the way you feel.&#8221; \u2014 Robin Roberts, Everybody&#8217;s Got Something, her memoir. 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