Optimistic #optimism #lookingup

On By Alethea KehasIn Reflections
Double rainbow near Newgrange in Ireland taken during my recent visit

Yesterday, while driving into town to get groceries, a car pulled up beside me at the stoplight. The license plate on it read “Optimistk.”

I opened my email this morning to discover one of the Good News feeds I follow was featuring an article about optimism. Hmmm…maybe a shift was in order.

I like to call myself a realist. But I’m also a dreamer. Sometimes my dreams are dark, and sometimes they are filled with light. I can be a chronic worrier. It’s something I need to constantly keep I’m check. I can fall easily into “what ifs” and dwell upon the gloomier state of the world and my own individual circumstances. Sometimes, it takes active work for me to shift my downward focus up.

Yesterday, and this morning, I was reminded of what brings me joy and allows me to expand instead of constrict the light within. My practical mind can hold onto tangibility and lack in a way that serves only the gremlin who feeds on the shadows inside of me. We are of little service to the world when we hold onto impossibility.

I have a vision that feels so expansive sometimes, I cannot find its edges. Each time I let it arise, I feel the bubbles of Joy percolate out of density. It is an exquisite dream, and even though I cannot yet label all of the paths to its center. I believe it is expressible. This is my test of optimism. And it’s a big one for the science-minded, practical Virgo that resides within. But I am not wiling to let it slip into the shadows of impossibility. Instead, I am going to keep feeding it with the light of expansion and (actively) watch it unfold into being.

Are you holding onto a dream that seeks to be lifted up? Is optimism calling to you to, asking to be expressed? If so, perhaps it is time to allow the unfolding.

16 thoughts on “Optimistic #optimism #lookingup”

    1. Thank you, Brad. I find it difficult not to get caught up in the day-to-day, but this vision has been growing inside of me for so long I feel I need to do what I can to see it through. Joy, though, can be tapped in so many ways. I hope your days find their way to joy in some form.

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  4. “We are of little service to the world when we hold onto impossibility.” I love the wisdom in this. I find impossibility to be a fascinating subject. Yes, I need to stay optimistic, but I love impossibility because it pulls out the rebel in me. “You say it’s impossible, well then let me show you …” and I’m able to achieve and reach new heights I never might have been able to achieve! But yes, always stay positive!

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  5. It’s a good reminder not to get dragged down by the shadows. The light is still there.

    I’m probably a pessimist, in that I function best without any expectations at all. I don’t make big plans either. Each day is a surprise. (K)

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  6. As I read this, I repeatedly nodded my head in agreement and smiled softly, relating to the challenges. I can be a chronic worrier, too and it does take active effort to keep from slipping into that crater or STOP to pull myself back up, replacing worries with hopes. The article about optimism is part of the resistance to gloom and impossibility. I think we are hopeful realists.

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