By Ahsan

Do you know someone who is always optimistic? Are you one of those people?

Would you like to be?

John Milton has famously said, “the mind can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.”

On a scale of 1-10, where do you put yourself when it comes to being not only an optimist but an eternal optimist? Are you on the low end or high end? Are you a 9 or even a 10?

I recently asked someone who refers to himself as an eternal optimist. So naturally, I got curious and reached out by email to ask him to share with me what he meant.

Being an eternal optimist is not an ordinary condition, or is it?

Here is what he shared with me on why he is an eternal optimist:

I Trust God.
Things work out the way they should.
Tough parts of life are learning or growing experiences.
If alive and in good health, no grounds for anything but a positive attitude.
I am grateful for every day and its possibilities.
Pessimists stop at the negatives; just keep going to find the opportunities.

Honestly, I was speechless when I read his response.

True. True. True.

I know it, and so do you. The issue is to keep knowing it to become an eternal optimist.

If you are anywhere on the scale of 1-9, you are not there yet. Only a 10 gets you this accolade.

As challenging as it sounds to rate yourself a perfect 10, there are people out there who are exactly that.

Your experience of life is primarily connected to how you feel, and your feelings are linked to your thinking.

What you think is what you feel.

My final question is, "what would your life be like if you were an eternal optimist?"

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