Optimism
- An inclination to put the most favorable construction upon actions and events or to anticipate the best possible outcome.
Here we’re not referring to Pollyanna, pie-in-the-sky, or pipe dreaming (gee, losta p’s in on this page, oh good grief…). Rather, we’re speaking of the basic position of not anticipating that the future is going to suck. Which can, in fact, be a difficult position to maintain at times. But it’s better than hypertension and anxiety, so let’s store up some examples for a rainy day. Following are excellent illustrations of people who take an optimistic stance (and those who really don’t, and how things turn out…)
Examples of Optimism in Film
- Adam
- American Splendor
- Boyz N the Hood
- Breaking Away
- Brokeback Mountain
- Contact
- Crazy, Stupid, Love.
- Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
- Doubt
- Everything is Illuminated
- Extraordinary Measures
- Flipped
- Forrest Gump
- Gladiator
- Hairspray (2007)
- Harold and Maude
- Life is Beautiful
- Mask
- Mighty Aphrodite
- Stanley & Iris
- The Art of Getting By
- The Hunt for Red October
- The Lord of the Rings
- Thirteen Days
- Titanic
- Under the Tuscan Sun
- Waiting for Guffman
- Whatever Works
“optimism.” Dictionary.com Unabridged. 18 Dec. 2011. <Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/optimism>.
Libra, INTP, English Major, 
Back from a seriously scary health relapse in mid-October and returning to action. Kudos to my patient friends and colleagues, you're the best. New programs and more unrolling this year, here's to 2012!
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