Those optimists, who see the good in everything, they often have to tread on the trail of their upbeat conviction alone. We have a general idea that bitter and negative people are the lonely ones, who are in need of the most help, compassion, coaxing and attention.
On the contrary, it takes much more nerve and focus to point out the beauty marks in the hard stern face of adversity, and comprehend it as a reflection of one’s own image. People that float on imaginary silver linings are alone in their minds; they are so lonely because of the mere certainty that they are a part of, and not apart from, what the world owes them. They believe and accept that the impact of their attitude is the result of what is owed and received. They are secretly hostile towards most of what is being said around them: that the world owes us all a living. And so they are completely alone in their peaceful resolve to envision the ‘something better’ that is out there for them to gradually obtain, rather than be licensed to have. They can be a disappointment to pessimists.
We should give those rare, dreaming, blame-accepting optimists some of our tender care and enjoyable company, more than we give the many realists, those accusing self-entitled pessimists, our undivided acknowledgment and therapeutic empathy.
If you want to keep yourself busy validating the meaning of life as you live it, be the alter ego of an optimist or two, who need a counterpart to do the corroborating. Pessimists deal with ready facts; they don’t need your corroboration. While optimists deal with prospective speculation, they are in copious need for your verification and testimony. Go find them and keep those optimists company. They are usually hiding in that rarely inspected corner backstage, where opportunity is discreetly breeding in the midst of crisis.
by Beisan A. Alshafei
Written on March, 2019
Beisan's Burble 