Do we always have to be optimistic?

[woojongpark]

I agree with Akari. Sure, optimism is a very good way to make someone feel confident about him/herself, but optimism sometimes tend to blind people from their reality. When you face an obstacle that is nearly impossible to surmount, optimism alone cannot solve the problem. In face, being too optimistic can bother someone from overcoming that difficulty. I guess optimism is generally good, but too much optimism is not.

[linnie]

I agree with you Akari. Being always optimistic is not good. We have to know when to be optimistic and when to not be optimistic. For example, as you said, being optimistic and happy when someone died is being rude. Even though you are sad and that is how you relieve your sadness, others won't understand us and think it is rude and even they can get mad!

Also if you are always optimistic, you won't improve. For example, if you are always content with the result you have, you won't try to improve your grade because you are happy with it. Than there would be no progress. As I said in my presentation during my assembly, which was about good optimist and bad optimist, you should know how to distinguish between bad optimist and good optimist. Being too much is always bad; rather doing less is better than doing more or over. At least, that is what I think.

[nadiraamalina]

i feel like being optimistic is a good thing, but we don't always have to be an optimist. Especially in situations where being optimistic will make you seem like a jerk. For example, if someone's rather down, but you insist on being optimistic, you might make them hate you. I've been that person.
However, deep down you should still be optimistic. Maybe you shouldn't always show it on the outside, but as long as you feel it inside, and the optimism is there, your life will be all the better thanks to your inner optimist.

[elisalee]

I think optimism is a major requirement for living, because you will always go through hard times, and if you don't think in a positive way, you would always feel depressed. If you're optimistic, you would always find the good thing in bad things, which make your life way better and make you feel better

[mirim002]

Well it depends on the situation. I think you dont have to be optimistic every time. I agree with what lin says. You shouldnt be optimistic when something really bad happens like if someone dies or sth like that.

[ony]

Yes we have to be optimistic, well its more like we should be because, being optimistic in life really helps because, when you have hope for something you do step up for it and try to do the work and hope that the out come will be good but if you are not optimistic then when you fail on your task you will just sit there doing nothing except being sad and probably mad but actually you chose the way you are right now.. so personal opinion I do recommend you guys to be optimistic and always hope for the best no matter what happens...

[munisa]

i think that always being optimistic, its healthy for you. Like you might start becoming lazy because you'll always be like "oh well, tomorrow could be better that today right??" and because of this its not always good.

[agneslianaputri99]

for me being optimistic I think is being able to handle our emotions, not letting our sadness kills us. Because if you're drown in your sadness...that may lead to..depressed or death. Being optimistic is being able to handle our emotion.

[irin]

I always try to be optimistic

[jungholee]

Well... true that... the optimism is not always good thing... but the most important thing is can you go through the fence or not. If you can, you don't need to be optimistic. I think Optimism is just for help to go through the fence in your life

[bilal15]

i think being optimistic is not always good, sometimes you have to be pessimistic it depends on the situation you are in