Optimism

Last night I was watching "Adventures of an Incurable Optimist" in which Michael J. Fox talks about his journey with optimism. I also want to read the book Always Looking Up, but haven't yet. There was a phrase which was rather revealing to me.

MJF says that some people who are pessimists need to hear bad things because it is their way of dealing with problems. They need the worst-case scenario in order to figure out how to navigate around it. Optimists on the other hand need to hear how good things are to do the absolute best in a situation. If you switch either . . . they do worse in many situations. I found that interesting. I consider myself an optimist and I think that is why hearing all this stuff about the economy and all the awful things about the world I tend to flounder.

So, I think I'm going to make it a goal to feed good things into my brain. I would like to start taking some time to myself with some lighter exercise like pilates or yoga in the morning.

The truth is I feel kind of lost still. But it seems like things are slightly looking up. I think I've found myself (to use an annoying phrase from books/movies.) I guess now I just need to find my place in the world. So many ideas and not enough time. Do you think I'll succeed in making my way?