The Daily Optimist
January 1  ·  Simplicity

Did Gandhi Bite His Nails?

Did Gandhi bite his nails?
— Mahatma Gandhi
From Travis's 2016 curiosity journal

Gandhi once admitted he was afraid — afraid he wasn't good enough, afraid the movement would fail, afraid of what India would become without him. He was human. He had habits and fears and doubts. What made him Gandhi wasn't the absence of those things. It was his insistence on showing up anyway. Optimism isn't perfection. It's choosing the next right action even when you're not sure it'll work.

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