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‘Optimism’ are two commonly exchanged words, which literally send out the same
meaning, but in reality THEY DON’T! Both these words have carried immense
meanings with it, raising many questions like, how should we even measure it,
or are optimistic people healthier, does it help when people face terminal illnesses,
is hope even under the control of the will, etc. It is very
easy to maintain a hopeful and optimistic attitude; which in turn affects a
person’s health, relationships, performances and academics. However, what
really makes a person’s attitude so hopeful or optimistic?
feeing of expectation or even desire for something to happen. Yes, it is
absolutely good to have a positive and optimistic approach towards life, which
indeed is ‘a strength’ but is this how things should be? This highly positive
approach towards life can actually turn into something that can inherently
betray us and fabricate and gloss over our lives. While we may casually shrug it off, it will
eat us alive like casual negativity, projection, cynicism or even autopilot
pessimism. The reality will get blinded and it can be a tough battle to fight.
To make it
simple, there is a massive difference between what hope and blind optimism. While unrealistic hope refers to
unreasonable expectations or even irrational expectations, blind optimism is
far worse causing a person to believe that they are at a lesser risk of
experiencing a negative event compared to others. Such a person is not even in
a situation to help themselves.
It is really
one’s ability to move past obstacles and difficulties that requires a lot of
optimism. However, people use this same amount of
hope and through blind optimism. Most often, people pursue goals, which give
them a deeper sense of accomplishment to help them gain hope amidst the
vicissitudes of life.
In fact optimism is the new version of “don’t worry,
be happy.“It has even been proven by scientists that our brains are wired
for optimism Its easier for our brains to register
positive lessons more than negative
ones; and that’s because optimism is good for our health.
really WANT is not blind optimism but its flexible optimism where we are able
to see the pessimism’s keen sense of reality whenever we need to; and not
having to dwell in its dark shadows.
Sharot
research that suggests our brains are wired to look on the bright side — and
how that can be both dangerous and beneficial.
According to many
researchers, if you do not have hope, then you are more likely to employ
mastery goals which means choosing simple attainable tasks that aren’t very
challenging for you and do not even help you grow.
look back at the keynote speech of Barack Obama of the 2004 Democratic National
Convention for the United States Senate from Illinois, who would later go on
to become the 44th President of the United States in 2009 you will see how much
he emphasised on hope and not on blind optimism. According to him Obama emphasised that hope was about believing, working and then fighting for the things that matter the
most.
Finding our way back to pragmatic optimism and
even to hope is one of the most difficult journeys one can take – an inward self-journey
but once we find our way back, I’m sure you wont want to waste another second
there!
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Great read!