Week #3- Choose to be an Optimist

In life we will all experience ups and downs. Trial and tribulation are inevitable. This week I was reminded of the importance of choosing to be optimistic no matter what life throws at us.

In my opinion, it is important to be optimistic because it will help you find happiness along the way. If you constantly focus on the negative in each situation, nothing in life will ever be good enough for you. Once a habit of seeing or pointing out the negative things that happen has been established, it begins to consume you. You tend to notice the bad in people opposed to the good, you see only the things that are wrong with the world. It becomes your reality.

On the other hand, if you choose to be an optimist, you can find the good in any situation. Focusing on the good in life will open your eyes to the many blessings that God has given. Aside from the joy that being an optimist will bring you personally, it will also bless the lives of those around you.

In recent weeks I have felt that there is too much negativity that surrounds me on a daily basis (mostly from the political drama we have seen unfold over the last 6-8 months). I have made a goal to look for good and uplifting things, while ignoring the negative. I encourage you all to do the same.

The end of the 13^th Article of Faith states: “if there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.”