Your friend is successful, wealthy and happy.  Did your friend experience “luck” or did he Labor Under Correct Knowledge?  It’s likely your friend, and others like him, are Optimists.  Optimists will not give up easily and, as a result, will more likely achieve success compared to pessimists.  Optimists believe in themselves, and their abilities, which means they expect good things to happen.

Many articles published on the internet state that research has been conducted on Optimism.  As stated in many of these articles, the researchers have concluded that an optimistic outlook is good for your health.  You will find statements such as the following:

• People who live life with optimism experience lower blood pressures;
• Optimists have stronger immune systems so they are less susceptible to illness;
• Optimists have less stress so they experience less stress-related health problems;
• Optimists generally feel more confidence than pessimists.  This confidence can give you a feeling of control in your life;
• Optimism can prevent feelings of helplessness which can be beneficial in warding off depression;
• Optimism allows you to experience good things in your life for a greater amount of time.  This may help empower you to deal with bad things in a positive way.

Do you need to practice more optimism in your life? Try cutting, pasting and printing the following Optimist Creed and put it up somewhere where you can read it often or have it printed and framed for a friend or loved one who could use more optimism in their life:

THE OPTIMIST CREED

To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.
To talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person you meet.
To make all your friends feel that there is something in them.
To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.
To think only of the best, to work only for the best and to expect only the best.
To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.
To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.
To wear a cheerful countenance at all times and give every living creature you meet a
      smile.
To give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize
      others.
To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear and too happy to permit
      the presence of trouble.

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