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Optimism is an old fashion that makes a successful person in life.
The goals needed to be made can all be done with and optimistic personality. You can always push yourself to be more optimistic than we already are, keep bettering ourselves. This personality is gained to help “surround ourselves with people we want to be like”. This is the goal we want to have, it changes the outcome for the better.

Helen Keller a blind woman born with great optimism. She overcame her disability and was able to gain her bachelor's degree. Keller became the first blind women to ever to do this. Helen campaigned on problems like social welfare, women suffrage, disability rights.

Helen sat her goal and reached them yet she still continues to push issued that she stood for. She became the first, we can strive to become the first too. Better yourself is a lifelong goal, so we don't have to look back and say I never tried anything I never accomplished anything. Pushing ourselves is a lifelong goal to keep in mind.
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These people you don't figure out their intention until it's too late. My” friends” keep me from striving around Freshman and sophomore year. The people I hung with all did drugs and skipped schools started fights and never wanted to move past high school life. I knew that I wanted bigger and better things in life, I just didn't know I had friends holding me back from my goals. All my friends were depressed and it sounds crazy to say that but there were, and I got attached to depression too. After I fought my way out of that I told myself that I am never going to hate myself anymore and that I was going to be a “first” I was going to fight for weak one and stand up freedom and open my arms to the broken hearted anyway that I

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