The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller
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Optimism
...dwells within humility.
There is an ocean
within the ocean,
which is the best way
to describe my optimism.
Inside of everything
is something still deeper
and tugging at us,
first through our mother’s love
and then through life,
in that ravenous appetite
of our Universe
forever giving birth
to itself.
I find solace
knowing where I stand
lacks any permanency
and how woefully limited
my imagination is
of what will become.