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    • 1 Dormancy
      • Week 01: Human Worth
      • Week 02: Universality
      • Week 03: Justice
      • Week 04: Suffering
      • Week 05: Humility
      • Week 06: Avoiding Harm, or Evil
      • Week 07: Engaging the World
      • Week 08: Order
    • 2 Sowing
      • Week 09: Preferences (Desire)
      • Week 10: Autonomy
      • Week 11: Life as a Journey
      • Week 12: Renewal
      • Week 13: Hope and Optimism
      • Week 14: Self-esteem (Self-worth begins)
      • Week 15: Self-confidence
      • Week 16: Independence (Self-competence)
    • 3 Growth
      • Week 17: Our Future
      • Week 18: Honesty
      • Week 19: Obligation in the World
      • Week 20: Duty toward Others
      • Week 21: Awakening
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      • Week 23: Individuality and Community
    • 4 Ripening
      • Week 24: Honoring
      • Week 25: Excellence
      • Week 26: An Ethic of Generous Service
      • Week 27: Openness
      • Week 28: Transcendence
      • Week 29: Wisdom
      • Week 30: Caring
      • Week 31: Courage
      • Week 32: Citizenship
    • 5 Interlude
      • Week 33: Grounding and Well-Roundedness
      • Week 34: Assertiveness
      • Week 35: Restoration
    • 6 Fulfillment
      • Week 36: Creativity
      • Week 37: Truth
      • Week 38: Love
      • Week 39: Faith
      • Week 40: Rebirth
    • 7 Assessing
      • Week 41: Home and the Past
      • Week 42: Vitality
      • Week 43: Self-actualization and Integrity
      • Week 44: Connectedness
      • Week 45: Empowerment
      • Week 46: Equality
    • 8 Harvest and Celebration
      • Week 47: Flourishing
      • Week 48: Focus and Perspective
      • Week 49: Change
      • Week 50: Finding Our Niche
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      • Week 52: Living Religiously
      • Week 53: Celebration and Remembrance
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Week 13: Hope and Optimism

Hopelessness

Hopelessness

Hopelessness is a dark view of the future, in which there is no escape from unhappiness and suffering. ... Read More about Hopelessness

Being Optimistic

Being Optimistic

They only thing we have to fear is fear itself. [Franklin Delano Roosevelt, first inaugural address] Roosevelt relished being president. His buoyant energy and unshakable optimism transmitted itself ... Read More about Being Optimistic

Resilience

Resilience

Humans have an innate capacity to keep their hopes and dreams alive. We can bounce back from great adversity, and continue to bounce back long after we felt or thought we had reached our limit. That ... Read More about Resilience

Keeping Eyes On the Prize

Keeping Eyes On the Prize

People may have goals but if they are scattered in their intention, those goals will be harder to realize. Keeping one's eye on the prize refers to focusing on one's dreams, or goals. ... Read More about Keeping Eyes On the Prize

Being Resolute

Being Resolute

We need hope and optimism, sometimes, when external forces have control over the outcomes that will affect our lives. So these values do not have an action component. At their best, they prepare us to ... Read More about Being Resolute

Developing and Pursuing Dreams and Goals

Developing and Pursuing Dreams and Goals

Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow. [Langston Hughes, “Dreams”] A ... Read More about Developing and Pursuing Dreams and Goals

Being Cheerful

Being Cheerful

Some people give the impression that nothing can defeat them. Cheerfulness is the emotion that underlies hope and optimism. ... Read More about Being Cheerful

Hoping

Hoping

It's difficult in times like these: ideals, dreams and cherished hope rise within us, only to be crushed by grim reality. It's a wonder I haven't abandoned all my ideals, they seem so absurd and ... Read More about Hoping

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