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Carmen Drahl

We asked, you answered: What's your secret to staying optimistic in gloomy times?

(Leif Parsons for NPR)

A few weeks ago, we published the thoughts of a few global advocates and activists on how they find the hope when things seem hopeless. We asked our readers to share their optimistic strategies and they really, really did — nearly 100 wonderful responses. Stay optimistic! Here's a selection of the themes and thoughts and thank you to everybody who wrote in.

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