Maintaining a positive outlook in the face of adversity takes courage. Ringo released this title track at age 77, featuring harmony vocals by Timothy B. Schmit of The Eagles. The song is optimistic, warm, and genuine. Ringo has spent decades being underestimated, yet he keeps showing up with the same joyful message about love's power.
Optimism is the secret ingredient for overcoming fear and doubt. Ringo survived a childhood plagued with serious illness. He watched his closest friends die. He battled addiction and nearly lost everything that mattered to him. Yet here he was, late into his seventies, still singing about giving more love.
Ringo refused to accept the critics who dismissed his music as unsophisticated and shallow. They missed the point entirely. Ringo's optimism is hard-won, forged through genuine struggle and loss.
Every day Ringo spreads peace and love is a gift to the world. He has chosen to use his platform to encourage us to embrace light and warmth. The backing vocals from Timothy B. Schmit evoke that same peaceful, warm spirit that encourages us to “give more love.”
Today, I will choose optimism in one situation where cynicism would be easier, understanding that hope takes courage.
Where have you dismissed someone's optimism as naive rather than recognizing it as strength? How might your own carefully guarded cynicism actually be fear in disguise?
