The 5am report

Maybe this is what its all about. Scientist are always out to discover what makes the world go round but this one hits closer to "my" world then all the rest. Optimism is my fuel. Optimism is my "Warp Core Engine" revving at full throttle. Optimism is what drives those few creative individuals to wake up at 5am (despite their partners whines about how tired they're gonna be later on)

O P T I M I S M
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I believe optimism may be a form of extreme depression. A coping mechanism that the mind engages in order for us not to spiral into a ball of pity whenever something doesn't work out.
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with enough drive and vision to project that today is gonna be a great day even if it doesn't turn out that way. I consider myself part of that breed. Are we disillusioned? Are we the one's who are the true "crazy's"? The ones who should be really locked away in padded cells with the little white coats that tie up in the back? I believe its a means to survival and advancement of the human race. Imagine if all this stuff about dinosaurs and cavemen really did happen the way it is told to our young mystified, impressionable children. Imagine that back in those utterly dismal times full of ravenous blood-thirsty monsters and incomparable heat and cold that our "ancestors" (the cave dwellers) decided that life in the cave was much safer and that no good would come to them on the outside. Imagine that that was the final decision on our fate? What type of existence (if any) would we now have? What would our quality of life be? Would be the pets of a super advanced race of "Lizard People" or the snack or the dominating "Ape Species".

Optimist are the ones that make it happen (whether on purpose or totally by accident). We are the ones that fight against impossible odds like Shaka Zulu or the Sparta 300. We are the one that never stay down like the Japanese army or African slaves. We are the Bill Gates', The Malcolm X's, The Adolf Hitler's, The Mahatma Gahndi's, and we are even the George Bush's and the Barak Obama's. We are the ones that can't be told no because we can imagine that their must be a yes buried somewhere in the improbable odds. It doesn't mater whether an optimist Succeeds or fails. It's about trying, doing, wanting, wondering, wishing. It's about exhausting every possibility that it "Can't be done" only to look for another way to do it.

I believe optimism may be a form of extreme depression. A coping mechanism that the mind engages in order for us not to spiral into a ball of pity whenever something doesn't work out. It is what actually makes us the dominant race. All other small creatures (birds, squirels, cats, rabbits, etc) can only see the danger in every scenario. "When a human walks up, he's gonna hurt you". But us humans will stand stark in the middle of a hurricane and curse god that he interrupted our chess match.

We are the winners. We are the champions. We are the elite. Or are we just full of it?

Scientist always think they have the answer. What do you think?

Reposted from The 5AM Report

>>>Brain regions responsible for optimism located on Yahoo! News

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