Optimism does not mean you have to like everything. Some shit just sucks. Like lifting heavy shit when your back hurts, for the umteenth time. In this example, I could have been considered to be acting "negative", but in fact, if you look at it from my "optimistic" perspective, this was simply asserting my lack of interest in the activity she was directing, and I didn't care to participate. She is always welcome to not like it that I instead chose to putz around the yard, clearing out a spot for a little path which in my fantasy leads to a deck with an outdoor shower and hot tub (oh joy!!!)
what would have been bad was to have stuck around to move things room to room and scowled the entire time and certainly well after, and into the night, and wake up pissed off in the morning due to a sore back. That would have been crazy!
Unfortunately, this is exactly what I did in regard to my job last month.
Optimism does not necessarily mean having a positive attitude... Or does it?
Optimism
noun
1. a disposition or tendency to look on the more favorable side of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome.
2. the belief that good ultimately predominates over evil in the world.
3. the belief that goodness pervades reality.
4. the doctrine that the existing world is the best of all possible worlds.
Origin:
1730–40; < F optimisme < L optim
—Synonyms
1. confidence, hopefulness, cheerfulness.
—Antonyms
1, 2. pessimism, cynicism.
Positivity
Emphasizing what is laudable, hopeful, or to the good; constructive: a positive attitude toward the future; positive things to say about a painting.
Hmm... I guess so
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