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term='Provence'/><category term='Coming Down The Mountain: A Writer&apos;s Blog'/><category term='Owen Wilson'/><category term='Coney Island'/><category term='The Secret Garden'/><category term='The Maze Runner'/><category term='Francisco Goldman'/><category term='Basement thinking'/><category term='Olivia'/><category term='soup dumplings'/><category term='imaginary friends'/><category term='Celery Tree'/><category term='Sandbox Summit'/><category term='pickled beets'/><category term='food'/><category term='Workshops'/><category term='optimism'/><category term='Books; Shame'/><category term='Conflict'/><category term='Falling Slowly'/><category term='John&apos;s Island'/><category term='Gotham Writer&apos;s'/><category term='Mitali Perkins'/><title type='text'>Comments on This Too...: How An Optimist Thinks</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.melissasarno.com/feeds/5894449008602220372/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9060010344115435519/5894449008602220372/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.melissasarno.com/2012/01/how-optimist-thinks.html'/><author><name>Melissa Sarno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11215683401795724259</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pYPbLdh8WZQ/TJvtE4X9nCI/AAAAAAAAIgQ/yVQydetnLHc/S220/profile.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060010344115435519.post-2128439222096785558</id><published>2012-01-20T16:50:10.797-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-20T16:50:10.797-05:00</updated><title type='text'>That&amp;#39;s really an interesting way to look at it...</title><content type='html'>That&amp;#39;s really an interesting way to look at it. I&amp;#39;m not all one way or the other, but I tend to be more pessimistic. Optimism is definitely a choice, but sometimes a hard one to make.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9060010344115435519/5894449008602220372/comments/default/2128439222096785558'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9060010344115435519/5894449008602220372/comments/default/2128439222096785558'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.melissasarno.com/2012/01/how-optimist-thinks.html?showComment=1327096210797#c2128439222096785558' title=''/><author><name>Becca</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14623887166087444590</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1948/1568/320/PICT0181.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.melissasarno.com/2012/01/how-optimist-thinks.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060010344115435519.post-5894449008602220372' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9060010344115435519/posts/default/5894449008602220372' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1880136755'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060010344115435519.post-2312406117979548709</id><published>2012-01-20T14:04:08.680-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-20T14:04:08.680-05:00</updated><title type='text'>My husband, too, is an optimist. I have a tendency...</title><content type='html'>My husband, too, is an optimist. I have a tendency towards pessimism but I am always working on my attitude, so i catch it pretty quickly. I like this breakdown of the terms. Thank you.&lt;br /&gt;Karen</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9060010344115435519/5894449008602220372/comments/default/2312406117979548709'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9060010344115435519/5894449008602220372/comments/default/2312406117979548709'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.melissasarno.com/2012/01/how-optimist-thinks.html?showComment=1327086248680#c2312406117979548709' title=''/><author><name>Karen Walker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13290540851231505128</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10955816919619602024'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FN0mkRT2Nxc/TfOurF_7qDI/AAAAAAAAAas/4XyIGwg_cWE/s220/IMG_3993.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.melissasarno.com/2012/01/how-optimist-thinks.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060010344115435519.post-5894449008602220372' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9060010344115435519/posts/default/5894449008602220372' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1838122325'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060010344115435519.post-4909887883319439132</id><published>2012-01-20T13:12:34.897-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-20T13:12:34.897-05:00</updated><title type='text'>MY husband is my optimism mentor. He rarely lets t...</title><content type='html'>MY husband is my optimism mentor. He rarely lets things get him down. What I&amp;#39;ve learned is that optimism is a choice. I always feel uplifted coming to your blog :) Thanks.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9060010344115435519/5894449008602220372/comments/default/4909887883319439132'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9060010344115435519/5894449008602220372/comments/default/4909887883319439132'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.melissasarno.com/2012/01/how-optimist-thinks.html?showComment=1327083154897#c4909887883319439132' title=''/><author><name>Angela Cothran</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09243582290698922119</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='13910472029422066640'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-r0w-DDJpx74/TesROVIZw9I/AAAAAAAAAZM/2Xt6okOBo2g/s220/IMG_2068-1.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.melissasarno.com/2012/01/how-optimist-thinks.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060010344115435519.post-5894449008602220372' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9060010344115435519/posts/default/5894449008602220372' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1183440784'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060010344115435519.post-4057571802307981255</id><published>2012-01-20T13:00:20.699-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-20T13:00:20.699-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Being more optimistic is one of my goals for the n...</title><content type='html'>Being more optimistic is one of my goals for the new year. And I love the way he puts it. It&amp;#39;s very enlightening.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9060010344115435519/5894449008602220372/comments/default/4057571802307981255'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9060010344115435519/5894449008602220372/comments/default/4057571802307981255'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.melissasarno.com/2012/01/how-optimist-thinks.html?showComment=1327082420699#c4057571802307981255' title=''/><author><name>Jenny S. Morris</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00482342313938669366</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10469241665474411035'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-v-5q3IgJRx8/TqNHOtunZpI/AAAAAAAAATo/pJs_1apyrDI/s220/Photo%2Bon%2B2011-10-15%2Bat%2B17.06_2.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.melissasarno.com/2012/01/how-optimist-thinks.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060010344115435519.post-5894449008602220372' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9060010344115435519/posts/default/5894449008602220372' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-627725739'/></entry></feed>
