"I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living." – Psalm 27:13

A nine-year-old boy arrived home from school one day to find his father waiting for him holding the boy's report card; it was filled with poor grades. "What do you have to say about this?" his father asked.

"Well, Dad," the boy replied, "You can be proud of me. At least you know I haven't been cheating." Now there's an optimist!

Optimists expect the best possible outcomes and emphasize the most positive aspects of a situation. A pessimist tends to take the least hopeful view of a situation.

At the heart and soul of both positive thinking and possibility thinking is the same powerful optimism. Optimism is the all-empowering attitude that unfailingly delivers the energy to start something, stay with it, or bounce back and start over again after a disappointment.

Optimism or pessimism—it's your choice.

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Ask God to make you more aware of your thought process. Tempted to be cynical or pessimistic? Choose to be optimistic instead.

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Devotions taken from the "Power for Life Daily Devotional"