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I read Thomas Friedman’s column today in the NY Times. It was a tribute to his mother who passed away this past year. One thing he quoted her on really jumped out at me.

“Pessimists are usually right and optimists are usually wrong, but great changes are made by optimists.”

I took my wife and kids over to the Whole Earth Festival today at UC Davis and was thinking as I walked around that the whole vibe seemed to be not that of moving forward to make things better, but moving backwards to where we were before.

I, for one, am an optimist and believe that we have a shot at moving forward and making this world a better place. I don’t mean to knock what everyone is doing at the festival. It’s a lot of fun and good comes of what they aspire to. Progress comes in many forms, just be sure to choose one of them.

You can read Thomas Friedman’s New York Times column here.