The Creed for Optimists by Christian D. Larsen - March 3, 2010

1. Promise yourself to be so strong that nothing can disturb your piece of mind.
2. Promise yourself to talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person you meet.
3. Promise yourself to make all your friends feel that there is something in them.
4. Promise yourself to look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.
5. Promise yourself to think of the best, to work only for the best, and expect only the best.
6. Promise yourself to be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.
7. Promise yourself to forget the mistakes of the past and to press on to the greater achievements of the future.
8. Promise yourself to wear a friendly countenance at all times and give every living creature you meet a smile.
9. Promise yourself to spend so much time improving yourself that you have no time left to criticize others.
10. Promise yourself to be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.

by Jen Engevik