Optimism and pessimism are both powerful forces，and each of us must choose which we want to shape our outlook and our expectations. There is enough good and bad in everyone's life, ample sorrow and happiness, sufficient joy and pain to find a rational basis for either optimism or pessimism. We can choose to laugh or cry, bless or curse.It's our decision: From which perspective do we want to view life? Will we look up in hope or down in despair?

An optimistic attitude is not a luxury;it's a necessity.The way you look at life will determine how you feel,how you perform, and how well you will get along with other people.Conversely,negative thoughts, attitudes,and expectations feed on themselves; they become a self-fulfilling prophecy.Pessimism creates a dismal place where no one wants to live.

Optimism diverts our attention away from negativism  and channels it into positive, constructive thinking. When you're an optimist, you're more concerned with problem solving than with useless carping about issues. In fact, without optimist, issues as big and ongoing as poverty have no hope of solution. It takes a dreamer, someone with hopelessly optimistic ideas, great persistence, and unlimited confidence to tackle a problem that big. It's your choice.