‘Everyday’ Intelligence’: On Optimism

It has been raining all week now and you feel absolutely atrocious.

You gaze at the murky remains of what you once called ‘the sky’ and wonder whether the government has not decided to sell it off to cover the deficit.

The mere thought strikes you as quite revolting; but so it should- everything you see nowadays disgusts you to an almost unbearable extent.

You still feel a bit weary and dazed by the numerous episodes of yet another pseudo- funny sitcom that you have decided to employ to kill off your time.

The incessant whistling of the wind is making you uneasy and somewhat certain that the worst is yet to come.

‘Of course it is’, you think, ‘It’s Monday tomorrow. And it will probably rain again.’

You do not feel like doing anything at all because you know that there is no point of doing so- it won’t work out anyway. Regardless of what it is.

You look at your watch; another several hours to go until…

…until what?

You start pondering over your existence; contemplating about the pointless endeavour that is life in the twenty- first century.

You feel depressed; deeply and truly so. Despair creeps up your back and into your brain, fighting off and shutting down the synapses, neuron by neuron.

And just as you are about to switch off, I come in and face- palm the Hell out of you.

Because life is what you make it to be. The more depressed you get, the more useless to yourself and others you become.

The more positive you are, on the other hand, the more bright your future will be because you will see positive side of everything and will, thus, always see a point of doing it.

That’s how you should approach life if you want to optimise your productivity:

• It’s raining today but it will be sunny again soon.

• The sky isn’t there today but it will re-emerge in all its magnificence tomorrow.

• The ‘disgusting’ things you keep seeing simply remind you that there is still room for improvement

You get the drift. Do yourself a favour and envelop optimism as a way of life. Being positive gives you the boost you need in order to deal with the day- to- day complexities of life.

 There’s an old English saying I quite like:

Teach me laughter

Save my soul…

Stick to it and save as many souls as you can; it’s well worth it.