Being a positive optimist is not bad nor stupid

My natural disposition is being a positive optimist and my sister is a negative pessimist. She wasn't always that way. I think that her failures in life contributed to the development of her pessimism as a defense-mechanism to combat disappointment. I do not think that dependence on that defense-mechanism is an optimal way to live.

A lot of pessimists, unironically, criticize positive or optimistic people, as if it's smarter to be critical and pessimistic all the time. Not only is being positive or optimistic not bad nor stupid, it is the best way to live.

Think for one second, on a subjective level. Isn't it nicer to see the good in everything rather than the bad? When you look for and find the good in everything, you also naturally do the same for yourself, which makes you feel good.

I'm not saying that you should have nonsensical hopes and dreams. Being a positive optimist is believing in a better world, not simply because you want it to be better, but you believe that it can actually be one day. It may not happen today, tomorrow, or even in your own lifetime, but one day, you believe it will.

Being a pure, positive optimist means that disappointments do not exist because every thing happens for a reason. You can always learn from any disappointing event, and learning is a good, positive thing. You cannot control everything around you and in the universe, but you can control your thoughts. Instead of sinking into despair after a disappointing event, change your thoughts into positive ones, and you will live a happier life.

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