“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world”. True words from Holocaust survivor, Ann Frank. Everyone at some time in their life is once told to be optimistic about something. Many of us have been told an analogy of optimism is to think of a glass half full instead of it being half empty which is another way of saying, you should not be pessimistic or I would like to call it, a ‘Debbie Downer’ or an ‘Eeyore’ from ‘Winnie the Pooh’. I can remember talking to my mother and grandmother about when things did not go my way. I still talk to them about this a lot. They would always give me words of encouragement and tell me to think positive thoughts or be ‘optimistic’. Thinking about others besides myself, I believe sometimes it can be difficult for people to be optimistic when life gets rough. An optimist sees the situation and decides to change it for the better. Just like when Helen Keller once said, “Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence”.
In the world, we see plenty of issues we have to deal with on a daily basis. Situations that range from bullying a classmate in school to fighting a war between different countries. Imagine a world where nothing bad ever happens again and life is just peaches and cream for everyone. This leads to the burning question, ‘When all the world’s problems are solved, is optimism still necessary?’. In this question, it is hardly likely all the world’s problems will be fixed in a snap of a finger like Thanos in ‘Avengers: Infinity War’. This is possible but not common and most likely, this will occur gradually. Personally, I believe optimism would probably not exist in a perfect world due to the fact is nothing bad ever happened, there would be nothing to contradict someone's faith in humanity, a higher power, the world in general and etcetera. Since reality does not operate this way and everyone has experiences trials in life to cause them to be optimistic, optimism is still so desperately needed. We have to be mentally prepared for another bad situation to happen. Even if it never does in an idealistic world, we have to be on guard and always be prepared so people can handle the situation without going into panic mode.
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Some things can be fixed like a common cold and on the other hand, some things are harder to fix like a broken heart. Another thing to think about is, if all the world’s issues are solved, this still excludes the individual issues each person has such as depression, suicidal thoughts, failures, and other issues within one's self. Some people may feel, “Okay...the world is fixed for the better, but what about me? I’m not happy at all”. People help make the world a great place, so how can you say all the world’s problems are fixed if the people living in it are not happy? You'd probably suggest just telling them to look at things on the bright side, but it’s more than that. It can be extremely difficult for someone to internalize that when they feel unhappy to a certain point that everything feels numb. We can always help people to learn from a situation and move on from it. This is so their life can be better for themselves. We can use this strategy to help ourselves too. To make the world better, we need to help all walks of life in the ways needed and necessary. It can be as little as talking to someone who has no family or friends or major as giving loads of money to those in need. This can contribute to giving someone hope and happiness that the world is a great place. We also need to defy all racial, gender, disability, economic, and religious divisions that separate the world.
Optimism should always take place until the revelation happens. We should give others something to hope for, so their optimism could possibly be stronger. The world can never change unless we change ourselves.
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