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How my optimism will help me press on to greater achievements in the future?

In class we were faced with a question. The question was how will my optimism help me press on to greater achievements in the future. There were several ways that I could answer, but none of them really seemed right. I could try and give some boring speech about how we should all be positive and about how the world is just some wish granting factory. Instead i'm here just to say that i know the world is not a wish granting factory. Sadly I cant just ask the world for billions of dollars and actually get it. So instead i'm here to tell you some of the bad things that have happened and how they actually helped me be optimistic.

When I was little I was in a horrible car accident. My mom and I were driving out of Target when a car hit us and we lost control. We ended up rolling down the side of a hill. I remember sitting there screaming until the seat belt pulled me back so hard that I went unconsciousness. When I woke up I was still in the car. My mom was in the front seat unconsciousness and barely breathing. I tried to get up but couldn't, my seat belt was stuck and wouldn't unbuckle. All the windows were smashed out, there was glass everywhere, and the roof was dented in. I looked for a phone to call 911 but it was in my mom's purse which had been thrown out of the car. So, I just sat there screaming for help until someone heard me and called for an ambulance. They came and got my mom and I out safely and got my mom to a hospital. This helped me become optimistic by teaching me that just because everything went wrong doesn't mean that you give up, it means that you fight or a better tomorrow.

I went to a horse camp that had a river next to it that we would go swimming in. There was boy that wanted to go swimming but couldn't because he couldn't swim. When the person who was supposed to be watching us turned away, he dove in. Instantly his head went under water. We could hear the screaming. I went to see what was going on and I jumped in and grabbed the boy and brought him back to shore. By the time we both got back up to air we were coughing up water and gasping for air. With optimism I have learned that everything happens for a reason. like the reason i was there at that time was to save that boy.

I use to be friends with a very depressed girl. She would cry herself to sleep every night. She would just sit on the bathroom floor and cry for hours. One day I asked her what depression is like she said it was like drowning, but you can see everyone around you breathing. Some days she would just lay in bed all day and stare at the ceiling. It wasn't because she was lazy it was because she too depressed to get up or do anything. But things got better for her. Her family got back together. At age 14 she graduated the 8th grade. At age 15 she went to high school and got better friends who treated her well. At age 16 she joined sports teams and found better ways to fill her time other then dwelling on what others said. Now she is back to her self, she laughs, she goes out with friends, and she is loving life again. with optimism I learned that just because life stinks doesn't mean you give up. It means you fight for a better tomorrow.

With optimism I have learned that it's ok to have bad days. That it's ok when everything goes bad. It's ok to have those days where all you want to do is disappear.It's ok not to be ok. With optimism I have learned that everything happens for a reason. Even if you don't know the reason. With optimism I have learned that just because life stinks doesn't mean you give up. It means you fight for a better tomorrow. Optimism will help me press on to a greater future by teaching me that when you have a bad day, that you have to get back up and work for a better tomorrow.