Practice Careful Optimism : A Positive Mind And Positive Outlook

Joyce Meyer once said, “Discipline is your friend, not your enemy.” Throughout history, parents have used this ideology to ensure children obey and respect authority. Ray Bradbury used his story, “The Veldt”, to make the point that discipline is essential for proper growth in adolescence. He believes that if parents do not discipline their children, it will lead to their demise. In the story, when the parents, Lydia and George, do not discipline their children, Wendy and Peter, the children lost respect for their parents.

For many, pessimism is not ideal, and optimism is their route of choice, as it develops through the arising

There are many different views on positive thinking whether it is to be positive all the time as suggested by the film The Secret, be a realist and don’t be delusional as stated by Barbara Ehrenreich in her speech “How Positive Thinking Undermines America”, or just be somewhere in between such as a person who is optimistic but not to the point where they expect something they want to come out of the blue, they have to work for it.

I have never been the most optimistic person. Although I can find positivity in virtuous situations, I can also nitpick at minor negative aspects of substandard ones. As I read

Nevertheless, the enhancing of the wellbeing is a question that begged for research. So, Scheier and colleagues focused on various aspects of situations in their research and measured the level of optimism derived from these situations. It turned out that positivity enhances wellbeing due to high embracement of optimism. The article supports the articulation that there is power to positive thinking although it is not that simple and direct. All, believing in the good that future holds is crucial in relating to the many aspects of life.

Being pessimistic means thinking mainly about the negative things about anything and almost everything, and not seeing any positive aspects in any situation. Of Mice and Men has many

Pessimists tends to think about all the negatives the future will bring thus making them think more carefully and to take health and safety precautions. Also, pessimists being have better relationships with others due to their expectations being low to begin with. If you start out a relationship thinking about the negatives and what might go wrong, you will automatically try to prevent it from happening thus keeping good healthy relationships with the people around you. For example, I occasionally have anxiety attacks and research has proven that pessimism can help provide protection against anxiety. Pessimists will think about all the things they could do wrong. For instance they might think of how they could trip over that stick or spill that glass of milk. Because of this thought process, pessimists apt to think of things they can do to prevent such

Opponents may say that It’ll be hard trying to change your personality to become an optimistic person. It’s not worth the trouble. They are wrong, according to the Mayo Clinic Staff working hard to maintain a positive attitude has numerous benefits: “ having a positive outlook enables you to cope better with stressful situations, which reduces the harmful health effects of stress on your body. It's also thought that positive and optimistic people tend to live healthier lifestyles” (Mayo Clinic Staff). Without a positive

Looking at the bright side and noticing what is right as opposed to what is wrong is not normal for most people. It is commonly thought that being optimistic is not being realistic and even though that is true for some people, there are ways to be optimistic in a healthy manner that can help one see life’s challenges realistically even when times get tough. Being optimistic is a skill that takes effort and thought but spending the time to work on cultivating optimism can be life changing. Cultivating optimism is one of the happiness enhancing strategies that has been shown to increase happiness levels and positive thoughts about the future, which is the concept which I experimented with when I conducted the Best Possible Selves activity.

According to Houston (2014) being optimistic provides improvement to one’s self. Optimism has always been the common element of financial and professional success and improvement. Optimistic persons have more room and chances for improvement than a pessimist. They usually don’t beat over their problems and tries to handle the situation faster. It is extremely

Life can be full of surprises and is not always an easy journey. However, having an optimism outlook on life can make one’s life journey more enjoyable. Positive emotion is very important to enhance a progressive life. (Slegiman, 2009). It is one’s choice to choose not to have a negative attitude towards challenges in life but to instead have a positive attitude towards all trials. Recently, the author’s husband was sentenced to six and half years to federal prison and it was a devastating event for their family of six which included four children. Initially, depression along with a flood of negative thoughts began to rush through their minds. However, choosing to stand positively and have an optimistic outlook allowed them to get through this hard time.

Being optimistic is the main principle for most people. We may often hear the statement about “be an optimist, not a pessimist!” shouted by people. Sometimes you do it for yourself too. When facing such a failure or problem, this will not only help to relieve your heart. Being optimistic will help someone to be healthy in physical and mental. An optimist will find the best way in any circumstance and hope for every good thing can come to him/her. You may have gone through thousands of hard times. However, if you are a born optimist then you will not care of anything destructing you.

As a human being living in this ruthless world, the perspective of how we see life plays great role in the success and happiness of a person. Optimism is seeing positive aspects of life. I as an immigrant I have had experienced the ups and downs of life to an extent where all I have to hold unto was hope and faith. My motto in life is seeing the light in all the darkness that was surrounding me. That is how I lived and will live. Being an optimist person has helped me to be more peaceful to myself and more confident.

Be prepared to put in sacrifice. If you want to be an entrepreneur, you have to sacrifice. there’s no way around it. I’ve learned over the years, one the best trait that I have is that I can sacrifice and suffer more than most people I know. That’s just the way it is/ I accepted years ago the greater the risks the greater the reward. If you’re not going to be a risk taker, if you’re not going to sacrifice and suffer, it’s not going to work. You can be smart and talented but if there’s no work ethic behind you, don’t do

Optimistic and pessimistic attitudes constantly affect the outcome of people's lives. In my life, I try to keep an optimistic attitude about the things I do because I know it will help lead me to more desirable ends. There have been many situations in which optimism has helped me through difficult times. Two areas in particular have provided me optimistic experiences: athletics