Life will never be all bad news, and I suppose (in continuing with my pessimism theme) this is where optimism comes in. There are always two ways to look at each situation.
My mother has always said: "We (our family) are unluckily lucky. Bad things may happen to us, but there's always a silver lining."
I've believed this ever since I was very young especially when relatives have been diagnosed with cancer and beat it, when people get into car accidents and come out without a scratch, when something gets lost and the person who returns it is pretty darn cute.... Whatever the case, my family has been through some pretty tough things, but because we're "unluckily lucky" we make it out, we pull through, we move on.
I've gotta think though, that this comes from the power of optimism. I can choose how to look at these situations as they arise; they can be road-blocks or stepping stones. I can also decide whether they are mountains or mole-hills. I can let them stop me or use them to propel me forward.
My mother has always said: "We (our family) are unluckily lucky. Bad things may happen to us, but there's always a silver lining."
I've gotta think though, that this comes from the power of optimism. I can choose how to look at these situations as they arise; they can be road-blocks or stepping stones. I can also decide whether they are mountains or mole-hills. I can let them stop me or use them to propel me forward.
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