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

Have you ever met someone who thinks positively? The reason they think this way is because they are optimistic. Optimism is having hope and confidence about the future or the successful outcome of something.(Google Define) I am a very optimistic person because I never give up and keep trying. Three things I mostly use my optimism on is my education, my sports life, and greater goals I have in life. A lot of people are optimistic, but if you are not sure that you are or not, just think about a glass of water that is only half filled. If you thought of it to be half full then you are an optimist.

Optimism is a very important when it comes to education. For my education I have three main points: succeed in high school, get to college, and use my education for a good job. Succeeding in high school is important to get to a good college. High school is a place where you go to build your knowledge. While you are in high school, you are continuously being taught how to get through college. I really want to go to college and I am hoping to get into FSU. In order to get to college I have to use optimism. Optimism plays a big role in getting to college. High school is hard, which means you need to keep trying and don't give up. College is also like high school. It prepares you for the real world when you have to live on your own. Once I am finished with college, I will use my education for a good job. When I think of a good job, I think of making a lot of money. I love cars and I would use my job to make one of my most important dreams come true; buying an exotic car. All of these cars are expensive and in order for me to buy them I have to have a good job. My optimism will help me get these cars because I know if I really want them, then I will keep working to get them. I will never give up to achieve my dreams. Thanks to the education I hope to receive I will hopefully be able to purchase these cars and all of the other things I would want.

I love sports, but I would never be able to succeed without optimism. Optimism helps drive my passion for sports because it reminds me of the most important goal: to never give up. Whenever I play a sport, like soccer, football, or paintball, I never give up. I am the type of person who learns from my mistakes. For instance, in soccer I play goalie, but during games I get scored on. I feel bad because I let my team down and sometimes even lose the game for my team. Once the game is over I start thinking. I think about where the player was when he scored, where the ball entered the net, and also where I was positioned in the goal. All of these things affect me and I learn from what I did wrong. I always keep trying. This brings me to my next point which is being the best that I can be in high school and college sports. During high school there are going to be people in the crowds at sports games that are looking for people to scout. Sometimes scouts give full scholarships for sports. This is also true for college. Scouts are looking for players to join professional teams. I hope to be the best I can be on the field during any sport game, and although I might lose or if I don’t get scouted, I know I tried. I succeeded in my heart and tried my hardest.

Although I would love to become a professional sports player and be able to afford my dream cars, I also have greater goals in life. My first goal is to have a family of my own. Having a family of my own seems like a great experience. I hope to have kids, too, and being able to take care of them is a big responsibility. Learning to be responsible is very important to succeed in life. It helps you learn to never give up and keep trying. You need to have people that trust you so they can ask for things. My second goal is to help people in need. All the time I watch YouTube videos on people giving money and food to homeless people. Whenever I see that happening to someone who really needs help, it touches my heart. I start to think about how they became homeless, and also how many people don’t give them anything. I really hate to see homeless people because it breaks my heart to see them like that. I would love to be able to help a homeless person, but not just the homeless; I would also help anyone in need. I have already started my campaign to help people in need because I volunteer at Metropolitan Ministries. At Metropolitan Ministries people help the needy who come through the center. While the people who need things are there, they can get clothes, food, and most things they need to have. When I see things like this it makes me sad. I will help these people and see that they never give up and I will not either. Lastly, I would like to be very well known, whether it is through a job, a commercial, or even a show. Being well-known seems fun to me because where ever you go, people recognize you. I like to have people recognize me because it makes you feel good. If I ever become well-known through a job people could come to me instead of someone else. When they do this they will end up telling their friends how good I did at something and then their friends will come to me and the cycle repeats.

Optimism can help people have a better life. As I just described, optimism is helping me through sports, and it is also preparing me for greater things in life such as having a good education, playing professional sports, and having a family. My optimism has helped me to press on to greater achievements and is still helping me. I always try my hardest and never I give up. As Helen Keller once said, "Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence."