If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you

Image, If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you

If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet… [at least for your own situation. Blind optimism is just as foolish. The solution is a rigorously balanced, rational outlook.]

—Isaac Bashevis Singer

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