I.M. Peter Ustimov

[gerbie]

Life

The point of living, and of being an optimist, is to be foolish enough to believe that the best is yet to come.


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Comments

[sarahcarotte.livejournal.com]

Is the best yet to come for you?

[gerbie.livejournal.com]

I really wouldn't know. But if I am sure that the best is behind me, I would become a real pessimist. If it is all going downhill, things can seem very dark. You have to get your fun from small things. (wasn't the band Green on Red Canadian?). But I agree that even if you do know that the best isn't going to come anymore, you need to be foolish to believe it will come. Yet it can provide you with a lot of joy if one stays foolish.

Does that make sense at all?

[sarahcarotte.livejournal.com]

Yes, my friend, it does.

[swiftlynowhere.livejournal.com]

for me it's not so much hoping for better things.. it's hoping that my life stays on this level of excitement, adventure, introspection and emotion... i could easily handle a lifetime of this.. as long as it doesn't dwindle.... i'd hate to label anything the ultimate "best"

[brickhouse.livejournal.com]

Yep, that's definately me!

[gerbie.livejournal.com]

I'm glad it did. Now I have to reread it and see if I understand it myself.

[gerbie.livejournal.com]

Don't lose that faith!

[gerbie.livejournal.com]

So basically you're saying the same as Ustimov. You'd rather, perhaps foolishly, do whatever pleases you at the moment, keep doing whatever suits you!