King borrowed this phrase from Theodore Parker, a 19th-century abolitionist who never saw slavery end. Parker wrote it as hope, not certainty. King repeated it as conviction.
That's the difference between optimism and wishful thinking. Wishful thinking wants things to get better without doing anything. Optimism commits to a direction , bending , even when the arc is long and you can't see the curve from where you're standing.
You can't always see the bend. But you can choose to be part of the bending.
Today's question: What are you doing that you might not see the results of in your lifetime , and are you doing it anyway?
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