Optimism

Each individual’s daily life is completely different, maybe some of them full of activities, some of them may be more relaxed and others more stressful, some people may take healthier decision than others; what it is completely true is that every person has a unique story to tell. Everyday minutes run and we keep following the sense of our occupations, but let’s pretend you could stop time just for one short moment, would you be enough brave to see and accept your mistakes and change something…

It is hard to rise above difficult tragedies during out life time, but it is admiring to see how some people can use their experience to help others cope with what is left after tragedies. I feel resilience is something, we develop versus something that is given with in us and either we keep fighting and not give up or we lose ourselves in sorrows, and negativity. Resilience is something we mature into due to any negative situation, whether is coping with school and work or dealing with a…

It is very important to keep a positive attitude in any time of conflict. A quote by Dr. Wayne Dyer says “If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” Keeping a positive attitude is what will give you motivation to keep going in a time of trouble. During a troubled time, Anne Frank had kept a positive outlook even though she knew that something wasn’t right. She wrote in her diary to keep her going, to give her motivation. In the story of Anne Frank,in order to keep…

Having a positive attitude helps people cope with horrible situations. A quote by Anne Franks says”Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy”What this means is that if you have a positive attitude you will be happy. Like how Anne Frank had to hide in Amsterdam, but she still kept a positive attitude and she didn't panic when the Nazis were looking for her. First and Foremost, Anne Frank always kept a positive attitude. Anne achieved her goal by always keeping a positive attitude…

In True Notebooks, this is a memoir that you can see how important circumstances, experiences, people and events in the characters’ lives have influenced who they are and what they believe in. Those kids who lived at L.A.’s Central Juvenile Hall used to be good kids. Most of them are just like us. They were not gangsters when they were born. They should have gone to school at this age. They should have deserved a wonderful life. However, they couldn’t be the same as us due to any factors such as…

1. Identify your three greatest personal strengths (be honest and realistic). My three personal strengths I identify with are being creative, open-minded and perceptive. I view myself as creative because I personally view art with a high prestige. I enjoy the idea of originality and trying to create new ideas that aren’t necessarily the norm. My interests in art vary from renaissance styled sculptures/paintings to modern surrealism. I also try to demonstrate creativity when doing projects and…

Flex Your Positive Thinking Muscles There have been many quotes written on the topic of positive thinking and even many more books written about this same subject. Yet everyday people fall into the rut of negative thinking. When someone asks if something can be done, what is your first thought? Do you immediately start brain storming of ways to make it happen or do you immediately say, “you can’t do that” or “that is impossible”. Some would argue that their experience tells them it is…

Joyful Lucidity Towards the Absurd Is a life full of suffering still worth living? Louis C.K. and Albert Camus argue that this is the question facing all of humanity. “The whole world is just made of people who didn't kill themselves today,” Louis C.K. points out. In Louis C.K.'s comedy routine, Louis C.K. 2017, he ridicules the many painful things in life in order to argue that life is characterized by meaningless hardship. Albert Camus similarly views the human experience as such, and in…

Ask your partner the following questions: What is a positive attitude? To what extent do you have it? If you have a positive attitude, what actions might you display? How do you communicate it? What does a positive attitude “look” like to others? How do we differ in expressing our respective positive attitudes? How are we the same in expressing positivity? What is a negative attitude? If you have a negative attitude, what actions might you display? How does your communication look like? What…

Mind Over Society Most people believe a successful person is one who graduates high school with outstanding grades, but the real question is, those that receive the excellent grades, how do they truly define success? Success of a person is defined as going for a higher education after high school and still managing to be delighted with what they have and what they are doing for the rest of their lives. It is an arduous process to achieve because it demands: self confidence, being the most…