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 [...]

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, [...]

Kimberly Mercado

Los Angeles, California

I’m optimistic that optimism is becoming not just a quality one has, sometimes, but it is an action that is evolving into a forward movement that has the power to create hope, ignite compassion and serve the greater good.

Kimberly is a writer living in LA but home will always be Puerto Rico.

Jessica Berta

New York, New York

As long as worms rise to the sidewalk after a rainstorm, I’ll be reminded that tragedy eventually gives way to comedy.
I’m hopeful we will learn to take ourselves less seriously.
Optimism means laughing and smiling and hushing the voices of doubt and disbelief…at least long enough to get them to listen.
Optimism is resilient. It outruns despair. [...]

Iain Tait

London, England

I’ve got a secret.
I’m not really an optimist.
I wish I was. But I’ve got a bit of a tendency to weigh things up (and down) too much. So, before I decided what to write I had a bit of a poke around the site to see what other people were saying. To see if any [...]

Nishad Ramachandran

Mumbai, India

Coming from a nation that has more young people than old, more illiterates than literates, more needy than greedy you just got to believe that tomorrow will be better and that hope will ultimately triumph over gloom.
Nishad is an advertising creative and father of two children aged 9 and 8

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 [...]

Ryan Kolb

Charlotte, North Carolina

Mankind has an exceptional ability to recreate itself, especially during/after disastrous events.  I am hopeful that the current economical condition will help to create a culture that is less focused on consumption and more focused on humanity.  I am optimistic that a larger portion of the population will be more kind and helpful to their [...]

Hans Braun

Carmel, Indiana

It all starts here….We are a God believing family. Not bragging at all….heck, we’re sinners saved by His grace just like everyone else. Nothing we did or do, God just chose to open our eyes one special day and we and our outlook on life haven’t been the same since. We wake up each day [...]

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 [...]

Jack Loveless

Medford, Massachusetts

As a scientist, I have been filled with great hope through Barack Obama’s campaign, cabinet selection period, inauguration address, and first few weeks in office, as he has made choices and spoken words that demonstrate his high regard for science. We are living in an unprecidented time at which science and society are intimately [...]

Peter Hanlon

Queens, New York

Here are two videos that make me optimistic:

While I worry about humanity’s piss-poor earthly stewardship skills during the day, at night I can fall asleep knowing that, somewhere, large mammals are still scaring guys in little boats. And that gives me hope.
Peter Hanlon is an Outreach Associate at The Network for New Energy Choices, [...]