History has always had its share of doomsayers. Today, we are overloaded with prophecies of climate change, the proliferation of nuclear weapons and the threat of nuclear war. Plus, a litany of new diseases is about to engulf us, not to mention cosmic disasters.
We are bombarded by all the different crises in the world because of the power of the global internet. So-called health experts tell us that the world is facing an imminent crisis in the control of infectious diseases, and aid workers are facing humanitarian crises ad nauseam.
Once you accept all this as inevitable, you throw away any sense of hope. You let it undermine positive expectations and create doubt and despair.
It would be best if you avoided the pessimist at all costs.
If you don’t, you might catch their disease. A disease that could destroy your dream goals and affect your attitude, health and well-being. Send the pessimist on their way with an “Ah yes – but what if….” And you will never see them again because they travel downstream to be swallowed up in the dark, deep oceans that continually move around the world.
However, being an optimist, you travel upstream against the current, where the water is pure, sweet, clean, and refreshing.
Here are some affirmations you might use to remain an optimist.
I will never surrender to pessimism and all its negativity. I intend to build my life on hope, trust and confidence in the future.
I will swim against the current, not with it.
Jot them down somewhere or copy and paste them into a note on your phone you can refer back to from time to time.
