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On Being Optimistic

Whats written below is contribuited by Ms. Shannon Lange. I felt that her words rang true and asked for her permission to post what she had written:

Depression is a contagious disease. If one person in a group is sad or angry a lot, it’s going to rub off on the people around them. And from there is just keeps spreading until just about everyone you know is depressed. If everyone is going to be miserable all the time, what is the point in waking up every morning?

Most of the time, life sucks. For everyone, in a lot of ways. But it’s all we’ve got, so why not get over it and try to have a good time? Enjoy what you can, when you can, and don’t take things so seriously or you WILL end up miserable. And yes, people go through things that make them angry or bitter. But guess what, EVERYONE has been through something in their life they can use as an excuse to be an asshole, or messed up. You have to forgive your past and remember its not what happens to you but how you deal with it that makes you the kind of person you are.

And yes, college sucks, homework and classes suck, the drama sucks, and sometimes the people around you suck. But unless you are planning on dropping out, you’re stuck here so make the best of it. In a few months, or years, you’re going to be calling these the good old days.

I used to have this huge fear that everything good in life ended when you graduated college.
But I’ve made a decision. I’m not going to let the fun part of my life end when I walk across that stage in May. I’m always going to act stupid and have the best possible time I can no matter what I’m doing. Sing in the car, buy useless toys, play games, tell off-color jokes, why not? I’m going to find something I’m passionate about and succeed in it. I CAN do things, and have so many options. I never want to wake up and say I have to go to work. I want to wake up and say I get to go to work. I want to love my job, I want to be excited about it, I want to be proud of it, and I want to be damn good at it.

And don’t regret. You can’t take anything back. Learn from it and just do better the next time. No one is perfect. Don’t let anyone get you down. It’s okay to have a bad day now and then, cry, feel sorry for yourself and be upset, but remember tomorrow is a new day and it can be made better than the last.

Life is what you make of it. So make it something fantastic.