President Gordon B. Hinckley, the 15th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, pleaded with us to be more optimistic. In our world where everyone is backbiting, hating, fighting, and angry, we need to look for the brighter sides of every circumstance. Jesus Christ is that bright moment, sometimes that speck off in the distance. He will always be there to lift, strengthen, and lighten us when we seek Him, seek truth, seek love and kindness.
As the story Pollyanna reminds us, there are over 800 "happy texts" in the Bible. Why would God bother to tell us over 800 times to be happy if he didn't want us to be happy?
Choose to look on the brighter side of things. You might not be able to choose your circumstances but you can choose how you see an adversity (being a person, a place, an environment). I realize there are some who have anxiety, depression, and other ailments of the mind which make having hope almost impossible. But Christ can make the impossible, possible. He is the hope and light of the world. Even as the world is getting more and more wicked, angry, hateful, and violent, we can look with hope for the time Christ will come. Don't be scared. Have faith.
Put yourself around optimistic people and don't discredit them. Be optimistic and aware, so then you aren't blindsided by those who would mean to do you ill. But be happy in the knowledge that Jesus will come soon. It will happen before most expect and are ready for while for those who are looking, seeking, praying for it, it won't come fast enough.
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