YOU ARE AN OPTIMIST, IF

Failures make you try-not cry-harder.
You hang in there for one more moment and make a difference.
You avoid self-pity & focus on self-improvement.
You don't burn with anxiety, but burn with to-do energy.
You know that most people are not against you, just thinking about themselves.
You know it's okay if you can't please people all the time.
You get charged, bit chagrined by changing circumstances.
You see that inconsistency too can be consistent & do not get upset by it.
You reach out despite the risk of being snubbed because it means a helluva lot to you.
You do not feel used, you feel useful.
You're committed to something larger than your little ego.
You look at troubles with a positive eye because you know they will pass while your positivity won't.
You work towards changing in small ways your uncomfortable outer circumstances & grow bigger than them in the process.
You think in your feet, speak from your mind, live from your heart & smile from your spirit.