Positivity: Optimism
Optimism is a good thing.
I recently read a blog post by another author for whom I have a great deal of respect, and he was exploring how we have allowed pessimism and fatalism overcome reason.
Like attracts like. If we want to be pessimistic about the future and all that it holds for us, likely this is what we are going to create for ourselves. I don’t know about you, but I don’t want a bleak, dismal and unfortunate future.
Hope is a good thing. Optimism is hope, and there is nothing wrong with feeling hope. We need to have hope, we need to see a brighter, better future.
This, however, starts will a better perspective on today.
If we look at the here and now as unfortunate, as bad, as full of fear and anger and hatred then that is what we are going to see. Why do we only want to witness the bad, acknowledge all the terrible things happening? Why do we allow ourselves to live in such tremendous fear?
I am not denying there are troubles in the world today. But they are overblown, they are looked upon too closely, and I do not believe they are quite so bad as we are seeing them to be. Yes, there are a lot of haters and a lot of bigots and misogynists and greedy people out there. But there are also a lot of lovers, a lot of proponents of equality and generosity out there, too.
We need to look for and better acknowledge the optimism and the positivity, because I am pretty sure nobody actually wants to live in a place filled with hate and loathing and lack and pessimism. We need to stop focusing so much on the bad and instead turn to look for the good. We need to love more, and stop letting ourselves be bathed in this awful pessimism.
Is this message too hippy-crunchy for you? If so, why does that matter? We need to be more optimistic here and now, and not allow this terrible vision of tomorrow so many are believing in become reality. We should have hope, we should see the promise of a better tomorrow and work more on making that our reality. Each of us has the opportunity to do that, but we have to choose it for ourselves.
I am an optimist for the most part, but with an oversize dose of skepticism. I am working on being less skeptical, because I want to do what I can in my own small way to spread more positivity in this world. I believe this is possible. I am highly optimistic that our future is not bleak and barren, but grand and glorious and full of all sorts of possibility.
Optimism brings more positivity to the world.
Finding positivity is not hard, it just requires action. Knowing that optimism is a good thing, we can express more hope and strive to envision both the good of today and a better tomorrow. When we are optimistic about our lives, we can create so many incredible things, and when we are creating we empower ourselves. When we feel empowered, we often spread that feeling to others around us, and as such can build more positive feelings. We can use the positive feelings this generates to dissolve negative feelings. When we take away negative feelings, we open up space to let in positive feelings, and that is something we can be grateful for. Gratitude leads to happiness. Happiness is the ultimate positive attitude. Positive attitude begets positive energy, and that is always a good thing.
This is the one hundred sixteenth entry of my Positivity series. It is my hope these weekly messages might help spread positive energies for everyone. Feel free to share, re-blog and spread the positivity.
In relation to Positivity, check out my Five Easy Steps to Change the World for the Better.
