Optimism is being hopeful. Believing that eventually all would be well. Optimism is looking at the brighter side. The tendency to believe that goodness wins over evil.
In practical life though, optimism simply means ‘finding goodness around’. In today’s chaotic times, if you can find calmness in turmoil, you are highly optimistic. It means finding happiness in little things. Being sensitive to the smallest of the goodness around and acknowledging it.
To me personally, optimism is looking forward to life. I want to live. I want to keep living for long and that is my foundation of optimism. I somehow find a thing or other that makes me want to be here in this world and enjoy its realm of life.
I draw my optimism from my family. From my little daughter, who sleeps tugging into me tightly while she rolls her tiny fingers in my hair tangling it all. From my husband who never says sorry but hugs me warmly even after we have had a tiff. My source of optimism are my friends who affectionately tell me, ‘it isn’t your fault’.
I have these small, little stories of optimism all around me that keep me glued to the very spirit and zeal of life.
Last week, I was quite upset about a mishap that took place in my life. I didn’t know what to do, who to look forward to. I was quite excited about the happiness that was soon going to be there in our lives but before it could blossom, it left us.
That week, I spoke to my friends. Even from the hundreds of miles of distance, they could make me feel better. They led me onto the path of healing that consequently led to optimism.
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When I get sick tired of sitting at home and watching my friends make business trips abroad, I miss my job. I wasn’t too good at it but I wasn’t that bad either. I look at their pictures, enjoying the awesome views but feeling sad for my own dreams that only flutter on the ground without any wings.
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At times I get desperate. Frustrated that the blog isn’t prospering the way I had once imagined to. Upset that my book is still lying unfinished. There is no hope for me.
That is when, he calmly tells me that good things take time to ripen. Perseverance pays like nothing else. He shows me the ray of light emerging from the horizon that I can not see with my naked eyes.
The day I impulsively decide to stop blogging, one of you sends me an email telling me how my words are beginning to change their lives for good.
This is optimism for me.
My family, well wishers, friends, readers and my home around that keep re-iterating to me that goodness pervades reality. That eventually all would be well.
What and who are your sources of optimism? Let me know.
Yes it is true that good things take some time to ripen. It happened to me many times. Recently, I was working on a project which came out in a good shape but was getting delayed in marketing. I got lot of support from my husband and friends asking me to be patient and optimistic. They told me that everything will take some time to see the end results. They also said that We should enjoy the path of success and not the destination. Those words fill me back with hope and confidence. Waiting for the end results by being optimistic :-). – Yours Sandhya !!
I have slowly learned to be positive and optimistic in life. One can not just keep on waiting for things to brighten up, better to enjoy the journey as well.
Thanks for reminding again.
Yeah Sandhya… sometimes we get impatient and lose the sight of the ultimate goal. Our well wishers are the ones who remind us of that goal – happiness. And happiness is not a destination, like you said. 🙂
Hi Alok, good to see you here. You are right, one needs to enjoy the journey. and I believe journeys are always more interesting than the final destination. Thanks for stopping by.
Superb article di… its so motivating and am feeling so refreshed reading it… pls keep blogging… happy reader 🙂
Thank you so much. My readers are happy so I am super happy! 😀
what he is saying is absolutely true. Time management is the key. Open the lock and it will be a matter of sometime before I will be reading your book. All the best 🙂
You know.. each time someone talks about my book.. it's like he/she is helping me in getting one step closer to my aim. Thanks a lot! And yeah, time management is the key!
Positive thinking is very important. website It gives us belief in better future and has good influence on our health. These stories brought me much positive.
Keep up the goodness that pervades evil for thus life would be beautiful. & all optimistic.