Optimistic or Positive Outlook?
" I grew up a fairly optimistic person and sometimes I am overly optimistic. Without ever truly understanding the idea of it, I practiced it. Uninformed of the consequences, good or bad, I learned my insightful lessons of life and professional development. I am grateful to be on a journey of enlightenment. The journey of learning about my WHY and who I am to the core. "
I recently watched a video of a motivational thought leader's interjection about Optimism and Positivism. From that video I had the intuition to want to express my own thoughts about the matter as well. I've come to the realization that in order for me to better understand myself, I must share it with the world. I believe I have found my WHY, my purpose. To help others also better understand themselves without judgement.
So is it better to be optimistic or positive? The answer would be that it is better to be optimistic rather than positive. To be positive means you are dismissing the current circumstances. Not willing to acknowledge that things are not going so well, but saying its okay. It kind of works like a Band-Aid. Something only temporary. I never realized that the words "It's okay" had a level of toxic connotation attached to it. In hopes of comforting others and myself, I always said "It's okay, you will find something else" or "It's okay, we didn't need it anyways". Maybe I have always been one to have that mentality as a defense mechanism for my brain to understand that I need to let go or that it doesn't matter. If things were to happen the way I had wanted them to, then it would have graciously happened.
To be optimistic means to understand that although times are tough right now, you know that things will get better. You are not dismissing the fact that things are a hot mess, however you trust and know that things will not always stay this way. There is light at the end of the tunnel.
Whether you choose to be positive or optimistic, the idea behind this is truly being able to let things go and accept your circumstances for the right reason.
I recently watched a video of a motivational thought leader's interjection about Optimism and Positivism. From that video I had the intuition to want to express my own thoughts about the matter as well. I've come to the realization that in order for me to better understand myself, I must share it with the world. I believe I have found my WHY, my purpose. To help others also better understand themselves without judgement.
So is it better to be optimistic or positive? The answer would be that it is better to be optimistic rather than positive. To be positive means you are dismissing the current circumstances. Not willing to acknowledge that things are not going so well, but saying its okay. It kind of works like a Band-Aid. Something only temporary. I never realized that the words "It's okay" had a level of toxic connotation attached to it. In hopes of comforting others and myself, I always said "It's okay, you will find something else" or "It's okay, we didn't need it anyways". Maybe I have always been one to have that mentality as a defense mechanism for my brain to understand that I need to let go or that it doesn't matter. If things were to happen the way I had wanted them to, then it would have graciously happened.
To be optimistic means to understand that although times are tough right now, you know that things will get better. You are not dismissing the fact that things are a hot mess, however you trust and know that things will not always stay this way. There is light at the end of the tunnel.
Whether you choose to be positive or optimistic, the idea behind this is truly being able to let things go and accept your circumstances for the right reason.
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