Being optimistic...!

We come across various kinds of situations in our everyday life. Some may have a positive impact on us, giving us a lot of happiness and boosting our confidence levels. While, we also encounter situations which make us feel humiliated or embarrassed. But life must go on. We cannot have a rewind and replay button in life. With the passing time, we must come out of the situation we are in and should move on in life.
 

We feel very happy and pleased with ourselves when someone recognizes our achievements and applauds us for it but we usually feel low when someone mocks at us for not being able to achieve something that we wanted to. This is a human tendency but if we start observing other living creatures around us, for instance, a dog, it too will react in a similar manner. When you are friendly with it, it will wag its tail and may also start licking and playing with you. But, if you try to harm it or scare it away, it may try to attack you.
 

So, if feeling low and demotivated at times and getting angry on ourselves for not being able to fulfill our dreams, is quite normal, then, how do we deal with it in order to make ourselves something extraordinary and unique in life? The best answer to this would be to become an optimist, which surely is not easy but it's not impossible either.
 

The first step in this process would be to not expect anything from anyone or from life in general because our expectation will also be the cause for our pain. Stop expecting people to praise you or even to be friendly with you. Always bear in mind that you are a normal human being who has come to live on this planet with a purpose and shall leave once the purpose or mission is accomplished. So focus on achieving your goal in life and don't get disturbed by the actions of others.
 

The next step would be to find happiness in the things you already possess. You may have a supportive family. You may have several good qualities which many people may not possess or even think of possessing. So, always look for and be happy with all the positive aspects that life has offered to you. This will bring you more closer towards being an optimist.
 

The final step, according to me, would be to look positively at failures as well. Everything that happens to us is for our good. The negatives or challenges that we face are only to help us in accomplishing the mission of our life. We really do not know what life has in store for us. So, the best decision would be to accept life as it comes.
 

Being an optimist, would therefore allow our minds to be peaceful, helping us remain happy throughout our lives.