EMISSARY BIO
- NAME: Joyce C.
- FROM: Lexington, KY
- AGE: 86
- OCCUPATION / PASSION: Child mental health specialist, co-author
- WHY DID YOU BECOME AN OPTIMIST EMISSARY? To receive the Daily Optimist report and support the movement, the events, and staff members’ activities.
EMISSARY THOUGHTS
- What Inspires Your Optimism? Humorous stories about sad events — (humor is close to tragedy); observing someone being kind to another person. Being generous myself!
- Favorite Optimist Daily Solutions? So many. One thing is to stop using plastic. Not drinking from plastic water bottles is a good place to start!
- Favorite Optimistic Quote/ Book/ Film: The book, “Educated” by Tara Westover shows how a person can survive under terrible childhood circumstances and go on to learn to think differently about herself and the world rather than holding onto her parents’ paranoid views. A good film along these lines is the “Intouchables”. I also recommend the BBC film series “Our Planet” that shows the dangers we face today environmentally. We also need more solutions in order to avert a full catastrophe.
