James Page

Sydney, Australia

I am optimistic about things that, at first, may not seem reason to be optimistic about.
I am optimistic about the world going down the crapper… The reason i am optimistic about this is because i believe that in order for us to be truly idealistic about our world and thus optimistic about our future, we [...]

Ed Tam

Shanghai, China

I’m optimistic about the future.
All the problems that we face today are created by people. In this world there is no lack of resource, talent or money. The is only a shortage we have is of of will.
Which is nice because we can control that. We can affect the will and motivation of our children [...]

Ashley Kühn

Chicago, Illinois

I am optimistic about the future and what it holds for me, a recent graduate. Although it is extremely difficult to find a big girl job in these times, I am excited to have so many options on my plate. Graduating from college, making friendships that will last a lifetime and finding that boy who [...]

Vrinda Gupta

Jaipur, India

I am optimistic about my future. I know that the times are tough, but I believe that in the end every thing works out. Every thing that I have wished for and worked hard for I have achieved (at least so far). There are two steps to getting what you want (and I don’t mean [...]

James Elmore

Coos Bay, Oregon

I am optimistic that everyday more people awake to the knowledge and beauty of our unity.  I had a dream: I was with a friend and the sky was so gray and stormy that we stood up to look at it and while we were watching I spotted a rainbow, and then another.  Soon there [...]

Angela Mathrick

Australia

I am optimistic about the future…and humankind.
Everyone likes to think that they are basically good people who care about the planet and each other (apart from some occasional annoying people).
So, hopefully the world will eventually reflect this caring and compassion and become a safer place for everyone, everywhere.
Most people just want to be happy, so [...]

Padmapriya Muralidharan

India

I am optimistic that dreams of a brighter future are not misplaced. That however confused, incomplete and petty we may seem as people, there is enough intelligence, goodness and strength of will in us which that will make tomorrow better than today.

Steve Goldberg

British Columbia, Canada

am optimistic about our future. I am optimistic about people’s ability to be resilient and find a positive way to look at their circumstances and move ahead with greater power and perspective.   I am optimistic that our survival instinct is stronger than most challenges that come our way.
I have created a web-blog site community called, [...]

Taylor Stevens

Burlington, Vermont

Sometimes it feels like there isn’t much to be optimistic about what with everything that’s awful that’s going on in the world. But once in a while you can find a real connection, when you feel one with another person, one with the whole world. And the sunsets are all purple and red and there’s [...]

Kajal Vatsa

Hong Kong

I’m optimistic about winning the battles I’m fighting – personally and professionally.
I think the future looks awesome, sometimes I get so excited about new ideas, art, traveling and photography that I can’t sleep
I’m optimistic about my dreams coming true – traveling the world, having many more brilliant experiences and being part of a tribe that’s [...]

Nathan McGinley

London, England

I am optimistic for the future, where I am free of all family, educational and age restraints. Where I can fully indulge in my passion for Art and Design. Which will hopefully result in a full time job, but it will not be a job to me as I will love what I will be [...]

Happy Thought

London, England

I am optimistic that one day I can stop chasing the future and settle down in my own time-space. These days chasing the future is not only a lifestyle, but an occupation; and I currently subscribe to both. It’s exhausting.
I look at my parents and wonder why they don’t care about iPhones, Blu Rays and [...]

Gavin Heaton

Sydney, Australia

In my 20s I believed that we had reached the end of history.
I believed the mighty wheel of power had fashioned the foreseeable future.
I was wrong.
In minutes, I saw crowds claw apart the Berlin Wall.
I saw a man stand in front of a tank in the middle of Tiannenmen Square.
I felt a world of courage [...]

Matt Moore

Sydney, Australia

The source of my optimism is slightly over 6 cm meters long and in the room next door. If I tell you that we saw its beating heart on the ultrasound yesterday then the game has been given away. But I’ll come back to that later.
Human beings are contrary things. If you ask me why [...]

C.B. Whittemore

Kinnelon, New Jersey

I am optimistic about everything!  Spring arriving. New beginnings with my business – Simple Marketing Now. A new blog and having to figure out an appropriate voice and direction, distinct from my other blog, Flooring The Consumer.
Feeling the warmth of the sunshine on my face and in my soul; seeing the effects of its warmth [...]

Fredrik Särnblad

Singapore

Optimism to me is an infectious attitude to life: a powerful force capable of changing our world for the better. And whilst optimism won’t solve any world problems in and by itself, I believe it’s a prerequisite for progress by and of humanity. I’m optimistic that the world’s collective optimism today, despite the state of [...]

Faris Yakob

New York, New York

There are lots of things to be cheerful about now – thank you Ian Drury.
Everything is awesome – sometimes we forget how awesome.
Everything’s Amazing, Nobody’s Happy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoGYx35ypus
I think there will even more things to be cheerful about in the future.
I’m a meliorist.I believe that we are getting better, that we are improving ourselves.
I believe that [...]

Sam Ford

New York, New York

Despite the current troubling economic times, which affect the media industries and the academy alike, I can’t help but find myself personally optimistic. The primary reason, I would suspect, is that I am just naturally an optimistic person, or so I’ve been told. That can perhaps lead to some naivete, but I’ve always hoped to [...]

Smitha Thuramalla

Davidson, North Carolina

I am optimistic about my future career and strongly believe in the fact that ‘You can achieve everything,if you have confidence and zeal to achieve it’
I am optimistic that one day I would live with my family, because that is the most I miss here in USA.
Smitha is a mechanical engineer by qualification and currently [...]

Sooi Seng Wong

Augusta, Georgia

I am optimistic about my future, career, love and life.
Thou the economy is down, i had graduated and got a job. I am learning how to cope with this better so further in my life, i am more prepared for it.
I am optimistic about my girlfriend. If the long distance relationship work out, we might [...]

Helge Tennø

Oslo, Norway

I’m optimistic about people. And the belief that people, underneath their “cultural” often seemingly rehearsed exterior are all playful, joyful, explorers, and that they care about each other, their society and the people they meet. Every time the Internet uncovers videos from the brilliant people at improveverywhere or interviews with people on the street uncovering [...]

Benjamin Schmidt

Carmel, Indiana

There are many paradigm shifts on the horizon for both the United States as well as the world, there are two that I am optimistic about; one very general, the other very esoteric.
First, I am optimistic about the future of science literacy. For years, there has been a difficulty in getting people in the United [...]