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How Does Our Optimism Help us Overcome Hardship?

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  There are days when nothing in our lives appears to be "sunny." When things don't go our way, we become trapped, weary, and sometimes depressed. We may have lost our job or a loved one, become unwell or had a general sense of being lost and unsure of what to do with our lives.   When a difficult moment lasts longer than expected, we lose ourselves in the negativity of the situation, forgetting that our position may and will change in the future. When our optimism and pleasant ideas begin to fade, and we begin to believe that nothing wonderful will ever happen to us again. That we are destined to perish. GO URL   We don't feel like being upbeat and optimistic at the time. We want to hide under a blanket and despise the world. That's OK for the time being. However, we must use extreme caution in this situation. What we concentrate on the most tends to expand and straighten out over time. What exactly does this imply? If you're depressed for a week, month, or e...