Optimism

Implementing Positive Psychology Interventions in cases of adversity; The benefits of increasing Optimism, Resilience, Meditation, Hope and Social support in alleviating depressive symptoms. “Depression is more than just sadness. People with depression may experience a lack of interest and pleasure in daily activities, significant weight loss or gain, insomnia or excessive sleeping, lack of energy, inability to concentrate, feelings of worthlessness or excessive guilt and recurrent thoughts of…

details point to optimism. In fact, just the inclusion of an alliteration in “Root Cellar” points to optimism because it brings life to the poem. The repeated consonant sounds of “d,” “b,” and “r,” in the beginning of the poem, emphasizing the roots as they shoot out from everywhere, deliver rhythm and convey a sense of resurgence (Southworth). Additionally, the last two lines, “Nothing would give up life. / Even the dirt kept breathing a small breath” (10, 11), reveal optimism by contributing…

Because He Lives Optimism entails two different aspects. The first aspect encompasses the attitude or mindset that arises due to hopefulness and confidence about the future. So often this word is associated with happiness, when in actuality it relates more to the word joy. Joy exists regardless of the circumstance, while happiness comes forth only as the transient result of prosperity, pleasure, knowledge, wealth, popularity, etc. The chasing of these accomplishments creates temporary…

broke barriers to say the least even to the extreme of going against his Father 's wishes to follow his path of writing. I can relate to him this way because of his desire to write. Voltaire wanted to show both the pros and cons of the beliefs in Optimism. I believe Voltaire was not…

Asher is more optimistic than David, although they both succeed. Although Asher and David both succeeded in their art goals in their individual ways, it is not only the success that matters; it’s the attitudes that got them there. In the end, isn’t optimism what will truly give you full…

If money can buy happiness, then why are the wealthy not constantly happy and the poor constantly upset? Fancy clothes, nice cars, and big houses are equivalent to someone’s happiness right? Wrong. People do not need to have any of these things to actually be happy in life long-term. According to the economist Tibor Scitovsky, happiness is defined by,” work satisfaction, friendship, and the pleasures of solitary thought, reading, and other forms of non-commercial leisure” (Lane). If this is the…

to “smeared with toil” (7) which shows a negative spin. Then throughout the passage his view slowly changes into a more of an optimistic view. When Hopkin saying “Worlds broods with warm breast, and with ah! bright wings.” (14) you can feel the optimism just radiating off of this phrase/line. In “The Fish” Elizabeth Banks uses specific diction strategies in order to more clearly pass her message, and her point along. One of the major diction use is parallelism, which is the repetition of a…

second trait is optimism and hope. Being optimistic about the future leads you to more hope, which in return leads to life satisfaction. Also people who have this trait tend to have more perseverance. There are two different types of optimism. One is dispositional optimism, which is everything will turn out right in the future. The other is explanatory style, which is if the past was full of bad situations then the future is brighter. Seligman said that people could learn optimism by focusing on…

feel I would be good at. I have also been able to identify some of my core values while at PLU as well, such as optimism and creativity. Optimism I believe easily ties into hope, in that being optimistic that something will work can lead to strong hope that it will work. Being able to see the glass half full will help me because even if I reach challenges that I fail to meet, my optimism will help me think that there is still a high possibility of things going well, which once again…

aspect of contemplation that represents itself untapped. It is the way in which we create and uphold hope. Hope often caresses and carries its owner, but only occasionally does it offer consistently positive effects. This does not pose a bash on optimism, bear with me. Consider this: if one obtains no expectation, then room for one to be let down or hurt hardly exists. When one fills their hopeful mind with expectations and boundaries of prospect, then aren’t they just building up a tumbling…