Living the Optimistic Life | Uplifting Podcasts

Living the Optimistic Life | Uplifting Podcasts

Published: July 1, 2026

Duration: 15:53

Listen to episode 1134 of the Inspirational Living podcast: Living the Optimistic Life. Edited and adapted from Helen Keller’s essay on optimism.

Inspirational Podcast Excerpt: Let it be remembered that the world’s philosophers — the Sayers of the Word — were optimists; so also are the men and women of action and achievement—the Doers of the Word. No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit. 

The optimist believes, attempts, achieves. They stand always in the sunlight. Some days the wonderful...