10/06/2026
Optimism is the undying belief that the future is bright, while still allowing room for reality to exist.
I don’t think complacency has any place in blind positivity - or what we’re calling blind optimism.
For example, we can be in darkness. We can be facing difficulty. We can be struggling. And the optimist says:
“These are hard times. I don’t know how long we’re going to be in these hard times, but what is necessary is for us to come together, work hard, take care of each other, and remain confident that we will get through this and come out stronger than we went in.”
That’s what optimism sounds like.
I don’t think you can be an optimist without hard work. Optimism takes a lot of hard work because the world is difficult, markets are difficult, and things don’t always go the way we want them to.
As the old adage goes: “If you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans.”