Comparing Man's Search For Meaning And Dear Miss Breed

Looking on the "brighter side" of things encourages positive attitudes as well as positive behavior. Shay Carl is a YouTube personality whom I've watched constantly for self motivation, he turned his life around through making the personal choice to wake up everyday and smile, and to look at himself in the mirror and flaunt his features instead of being ashamed to take his shirt off at the beach. At age 25 he weighed 350 pounds. Everyday he looked at himself with shame and disgust, he refused to allow positivity into his life because he believed there was nothing positive about himself that needed praise. One day he decided to stop the pity and to be happy even when he didn't want to, even when life would through massive curve balls at him, he was optimistic at all costs. He lost 200 pounds and had 5 kids. Carl posted daily videos of his progress in hopes to inspire other to follow in his footsteps. With over 4 million subscribes, he managed to create a unity of positive people with the same hopes as he did; to change their lives simply by choosing happiness. A positive attitude leads to a positive life. There are numerous aspects to being an optimist, and making the personal choice to be happy is only the first step to

You should always be positive no matter what situation you are in. Like Anne Frank when she was in hiding and she had looked on the brighter side of their hiding place. Someone else who looked on the brighter side of things was Winston Churchill. While the Axis powers were taking over Europe Churchill kept Great Britain hopeful and calm.

Being positive are ways people can get through certain obstacles as well because they are expecting good things to happen. Furthermore, optimism can make you more persistent because people try to figure out what they can do to make the situation better or how can they learn from the struggle? In the poem, Nikki Giovanni learned to be optimistic because in the 1st and 2nd stanza, “If I can't do what I want to do then my job is to not do what I don't want to do it's not the same thing but it's the best I can do.” In these lines, she is still trying to be optimistic with her life because even though she is unhappy it was the best she could do, so she is going to not let the negativity affect

As this piece of Literature unfolds, it describes the conditions of the Relocation Centers and gave first account descriptions in letter form. One letter recorded the statement “Upon my arrival to the Poston Relocation Center, I stood bewildered, glaring at the hot dusty desert, wondering how we could survive”(Oppenheim, 1), as this individual wrote their first experience at a Relocation Center the thought of hardships came into existence. Even though the conditions that were presented seemed unsurpassable, many of the Japanese persons fought with positivity and found ways to better the situation to an extent. They wore wet rags on their heads to keep cool and preserved many resources to live on. Another example of positivity is a comment made by one of the internees which declared, “"If American soldiers can endure hardships so can we! (Oppenheim, 28). This quote rang throughout the minds of all the Japanese held against their will in relocation centers and gave them a sense of

“‘...”positive thinking” is also a soft and fluffy term that is easy to dismiss...it carries the same weight as words like “work ethic” or “persistence”’(Clear). Positive thinking can help you through many tough situations. As victims of the Holocaust, both Anne Frank and Sophie Scholl displayed positive attitudes during their hardships.People can best respond to conflict by staying positive and seeing the brighter part in situations.

Showing a positive attitude can make dealing with a conflict much easier. An example of this would be Anne Frank during world war 2 when she kept a journal. In her writings she refers her journal as “Kitty” as if she were writing to a friend and keeps her writing formal. Anne Frank also writes in light and happy tone writing things like “ It's more like being on vacation in some strange pension” in paragraph 18 and “It looks much more cheerful” in paragraph 19 when she is hiding in a damp lopsided building.This shows even though Anne is in a terrible position she remains positive, thinking only about the good. As a

Keeping a positive attitude is a very good way to respond to conflict. It can be done in any situation and makes others around you more positive as well. Some would say that having

If you´re anything like me, holding on to a positive mindset when your world is threatening to fall apart may not be nearly as easy to do.

An example is during the time I dealt with depression in my teen years. It took me a while to overcome it. Thinking about the positives in my life has brought me to a more balanced life. I am able to balance the good and the bad and can control how I want them to impact me; I choose to look at things positively.

You’re either optimistic or you’re pessimistic, meaning you either view the world positively or negatively. Everyone views the world in a different perspective. Everyone is bound to go through challenges in their life. It’s what you make of those challenges that really matters.

A great piece of advice given to me by someone very dear. Every time I get in a situation that is hard, I think of this advice. (Even if at first I forget, and still get caught up in the emotions. I still find time to stop and breath.) I am not sure if there was more to it, but this is all that I happened to remember. It is there just to remind me that everything will be okay, and that instead of letting the situation make me sad or worried that instead I should remain happy, and to know that everything will work out and I will be okay. To remain positive no matter what seems to be occurring around me instead of becoming negative. Although, it is still very easy to get caught up in the moment, at times all we need to do is just take a deep

“A negative mind will never give you a positive life.”-Anonymous When you look at life negatively you won't be able to see the good things happening in your life. When doing anything in life always make sure it is making you happy and feel good. If you are doing something that you hate than, you will never get anything from it. Whereas if you do something that you love than you will have a deeper desire to continue or to succeed in it. In The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock a man doesn't know why his life is so horrible. He wanders the streets of his past looking for why he's life is so dull. The man doesn't know what is wrong with his life, he doesn't understand why life is so hard. T. S. Eliot in The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

People throughout the world have good and bad days; sadly, bad days are just bound to happen. But what if that could change? What if we only have the good days? Would we always be happy? No. Even if one person is happy, there will be some other person who is negative. Everything about that person is negative, the energy they produce, and the vibes they release, and these characteristics can be detrimental to other people’s health. The main people in the world who are the root of negativity are pessimists, or those who tend to see the worst aspect of things, or believe the worst will happen.

We all live in the world, which is full of sadness and disappointing. We see people dying, poverty, unemployment, etc. However, there are a lot of positive things in the world: children, who are born every day, people, who get new life opportunities, happy marriages, etc. The greatest gift is to see the positive sides of life, without concentrating our attention on negative. According to Winston Churchill, a pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. In my opinion, it is really true, because the positive or negative attitude towards life can highly influence our chances to success, feelings and even health. Positive thinking can be the best treatment for those, who don’t know

It’s cold outside, just below freezing, and tonight I will slip into my warm bed, pull up the soft blankets and fall to sleep. Tomorrow morning there will be snow, yet in the morning I may walk down the stairs, make some coffee, and watch the world unfold on the early morning news, as I eat my breakfast and get ready for the day. I’ll watch marvel at my pre-teen son as he bumbles around the house half asleep…I think. It’s a wonder he doesn’t hurt himself. We’ll head off to school and work and take on the day just like we did yesterday, the day before, and the day before that. While life goes on as usual, I start to realize how much I take it for granted. I realize that not everyone has the freedom that I have, not everyone enjoys the comforts I live in. Not everyone can come and go as they please. While we tend to view America as a promising, free land, it was not always that way for Americans of Japanese descent. Over the course of World War II, Japanese Americans faced and unprecedented challenge when they were shipped off to internment camps around the country. To appreciate what they experienced in these insufficient living environments we should gain an understanding of where these Americans came from, what they were able to take to the camps with them, what they discovered when they arrived, and how they adapted to their living environments. Although the Japanese Americans were being held in captivity, their creativity, resolve to prove their loyalty, and