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2022 New Year’s Thoughts

January 1, 2022 By Guy St. Clair

This time last year, I offered a post that intentionally reflected what some friends think of as my basic optimism. I even called the post “An Optimistic Perspective for 2021,” and it was published at https://bit.ly/38346BE. The post was full of my own optimism, a description I won’t deny. And remembering the post and re-reading …

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Filed Under: Current Events, Personal History Tagged With: Covid-19 (Omicron), COVID-19 (Statistics), Gore (Al), Gorman (Amanda), hope, New York City, New York City (Gramercy), New York City (Murray Hill), Optimism

An Optimistic Perspective for 2021

January 1, 2021 By Guy St. Clair

Though the title of this journal entry indicates that I’m going to be looking ahead – and I am – looking ahead often requires that we look back as well. This not only provides perspective, but also can demonstrate that our efforts are not futile. What has succeeded before can succeed again. Certainly we can’t …

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Filed Under: Current Events, History, Personal History Tagged With: COVID-19, Gore (Al), United States - Current Affairs, Wehner (Peter), Wordsworth (William)

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