Hi, I'm Susie Larson.

Here's the podcast from Middays with Susie Larson.

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Well, it's only just got you left. Welcome, welcome to middays. I'm Susie Larson. So honored to get to spend this time with you. In fact, I look forward to bringing you conversations every single day that inspire you in your faith walk, that deepen your understanding of God's Word, and that heighten your awareness of his very real presence in your life? Well, my guest today asks this audacious

question, and I love it. He said, who wants to adapt to a culture that finds pretty much everything

meaningless? He says, you were never meant to fit in. You were meant to stand out. God calls us

to passion, purpose, and a wild sense of wonder. Yet so many of us

have slipped into this pessimism and hopelessness, and it's left us feeling overwhelmed and

underjoyed. Well, my guest today is Ben Corson, and he joins me to talk about his book,

Optimist Fits, Igniting a fierce rebellion against hopelessness. This book will make you laugh out loud

and really challenge some of your pessimism who doesn't need their pessimism. igniting a fierce rebellion against hopelessness. This book will make you laugh out loud and

really challenge some of your pessimism. Who doesn't need their pessimism challenged, right?

We've got seven copies, and so I want to open up both texting and email. And you want to text

to get in on the drawing, 877-933-2484. But you've got to remember that mailing address,

or you can email middays at myfaithradio.com.

I'm pretty sure you're going to be somewhat challenged and encouraged today.

Quick announcement before we hear from Ben.

We've got our Writers' Conference coming up.

I am so excited.

Whenever people ask me for advice on getting published, I always point them to a writer's conference.

Well, we are providing an A-list

faculty, a really amazing conference, editors, agents, experts in the field. I will be there. We'll look

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