The Stymied Optimist

Reasons to be Optimistic

The Stymied Optimist is dedicated to those seeking mentally inspiring reminders and new insights. Please enter for a more optimistic life, even if you get a bit stymied along the way.

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Kristina Applegate

Jan 17, 2021
8 min

Ivy's Traveling Circus, Chapter 6

| The Grist Mill "The twisted circumstances under which we live is grist for the writing mill, the loving, hating and discovering,...

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Kristina Applegate

Jan 9, 2021
7 min

Ivy's Traveling Circus, Chapter 5

It was not the shock of seeing Mr. Anderson's eldest son Scott electrocuted, resulting in a fringed hairline, that surprised me...

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Ivy's Traveling Circus, Chapter 4 | Our Limitations

Kristina Applegate

Dec 27, 2020
10 min

Ivy's Traveling Circus, Chapter 4 | Our Limitations

The people who come into our lives are no accident. As I age, I am judging less and loving more. Patience is something I see as a savior...

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Kristina Applegate

Oct 1, 2020
7 min

Ivy's Traveling Circus, Chapter 3

Everyone wishes they were born with a mind that held onto memories and never let them go.

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Ivy's Traveling Circus, Chapter 2 | Central London

Kristina Applegate

Jul 18, 2020
6 min

Ivy's Traveling Circus, Chapter 2 | Central London

When we landed at Heathrow airport, I had watched the pastoral countryside change from patchwork grasslands spotted with Suffolk sheep and q

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Ivy's Traveling Circus, Chapter 1 | The Seeker, The Equalizer and The Observer

Kristina Applegate

Jul 8, 2020
4 min

Ivy's Traveling Circus, Chapter 1 | The Seeker, The Equalizer and The Observer

When my youngest sister was born, my Mother named her Elder related to the honeysuckle.

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Ivy's Traveling Circus | In the beginning

Kristina Applegate

Jul 4, 2020
3 min

Ivy's Traveling Circus | In the beginning

This story is fictional. It is about a young girl's journey to discovering the importance of optimism, especially into adulthood...

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