“For myself I am an optimist – it does not seem to be much use being anything else.”
Sir Winston Churchill (1874 – 1965), speech at the Lord Mayor’s banquet, London, November 9, 1954
I couldn’t say i better. For me it is the only way. Optimism has to be “THE WAY”, capital lettering always seems so convincing to me. Anyway, you will in fact, be setting your self up for failure. You will meet people who are “wretched and evil” – even worse you might fall in love with them. But the lesson is, that you have to go on. People and the future are good/positive, until proved otherwise. Optimism is a “life force”, like love. It opens doors that are closed. It is the gift that keeps on giving.
Ones emotions are largely determined by how you interpret events to yourself. The greatest gift is happiness, mental surplus and opportunities…
I rediscovered Sam Kinison on YouTube (www.youtube.com), a while back. If you’re looking for raw, “in your face”, “anti-political correctness” stand-up comedy -he’s your daddy. He has to be a über-pessimist”, and somehow be able to transform in to comedy. If you been in a crappy relationship, you can’t avoid to relate to “angry Sam”; he’s larger than life. There is a great site that i have to recommend. It’s “A Multimedia Tribute to the Life and Comedy of Sam Kinison (www.kinison.com)”.
It has a great selection of video-clips, but if you need more info on the man Sam Kinison, you better “wiki” it on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Kinison
Back to my main subject – optimism. I’m out of material so i’ll end with a haiku from DA
I.
Star lover’s sonnets
Written for unseeing eyes
Stella never sees
II.
She is not the moon
Forget about your proud lover
You shall be re-loved
III.
The poet-lover
He is not wize in actions
But steadfast he remains
(Source: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/38256511/)
Lets face it the only alternative is self-defeating pessimism.
