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Archive/Vol. 31 · № 8/Optimism
ARTICLE ID 1821
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Optimism

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Dr. Shehzad Saleem
August 2021 · 3 min read

What then must be done?

How can optimism be engendered as a permanent feature of our approach to life? Here are some tips:

Secondly, we need to look around and observe people who are less privileged than us. It will make us realize that in spite of the dark clouds that we find hovering over us, there are streaks of sunshine which others do not enjoy. Life is not all that bad as we thought. All has not been lost. There are still many things that we are blessed with. If we concentrate on these blessings, we will be induced to become optimistic.

Finally and most importantly, we must believe and trust our Creator. In His grand scheme, things happen for the good. However, we may not be able to understand that good at the time we are passing through problems. It is only later that we may realize how an unexpected or untoward situation happened to save us from bother. We are bent upon doing something but our failure pushed us into a new direction that proved beneficial to us. We may also realize that had things happened according to our expectations, we might have been doomed or inflicted with more problems,

Optimism then is the name of the key that can unlock all bolts in this journey of life and never let us give up when we see a new locked door!

 

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Dr. Shehzad Saleem (2021). Optimism. Monthly Renaissance, 31(8).