I posted this to GoodVibeUniversity’s private forum, and decided to also share it here:
I’m totally appreciating and loving the searchability of the internet right now. 
My Dad, who transitioned when I was 17 yrs old, and when he was just 56, was an optimist and a big-time coffee drinker. I’ve been accused of being an optimist myself. 
Recently, one of Abraham’s quotes tickled my brain about one of my Dad’s favorite sayings. I was having trouble remembering all of it, but I knew it contained the words, “Keep your eye upon…” and had a pithy point about focusing on *what you want, not the lack of it*.
So, I Googled the quote term I could remember…
And it turns out the quote is from a poem called, “The Optimist’s Creed” which pre-dates the Mayflower! 
From reading this, I saw exactly what my Dad used to say: Keep your eye upon the doughnut and NOT upon the hole.
It comes from these two poems, most directly the second one:
The Mayflower coffee and donut shops (1930s-1970s) used this “Optimist’s Creed” as its motto. The poem pre-dates the Mayflower.
15 April 1904, New York Sun, pg. 6, col. 5:
Their Points of View.
‘Twixt optimist and pessimist
The difference is droll;
The optimist the doughnut sees -
The pessimist the hole.13 January 1929, Charleston (WV) Daily Mail, pg. 6, col. 6:
Sign in Quarrier street restaurant. Advice for those who drink coffee and eat “sinkers.”“As you ramble through Life, Brother,
Whatever be your goal.
Keep your eye upon the doughnut,
And not upon the hole.“
Did you ever think there was such wisdom in doughnuts? Leave it to optimists to see the incredible value of doughnuts (and everything else).
Do you have some optimistic quotes that you’d like to share with us?
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Hi Nancy,
Glad you were able to find the origins of your Dad’s Quote.
Optimists tend to look at the “glass as half full rather than half empty”. They also know how to make “lemonade out of lemons”.
An optimist quote is “Every cloud has a silver lining” and optimists tend to look at a seemingly difficult situation as a “blessing in disguise”
Fun post. Thanks!
Susan
Thank you for your comment, Susan!
Yes, friends have often told me that I’m always the one who can see the *silver lining*, and I know for a fact that every situation has blessings.
Folks who have attended the Abraham-Hicks Caribbean Cruise have mentioned that they spoke about how often the SOLUTION to our problem appears, but we’ve labeled it as a PROBLEM, thereby making US the non-cooperative component in our own manifestations!
Many blessings,
Nancy
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