The world is a great big place full of great big and beautiful things. Sunny-soaked mountain sides, inspirational rivers and oceans, corral reefs teeming with all varieties of life... Yet as we see every day, the beauty and splendor of our world also coexists with a darker place, a place of misery and hunger, deceit and destruction. And so it is that, in my opinion, life is only truly wonderful when we focus on the altruistic parts of the world we live in, and work towards a future that reduces the inherited suffering of this place.
We could dwell on the negatives of this world and of this life - indeed, many people do. I believe they're referred to as pessimists or "downers." These people view the world in such a way that they become the victims of it with no hope of ever breaking free. Certainly there are people who would have valid reasons for accepting such a dreary outlook - how can a person with terminal cancer or an impoverished child in Africa see any hope for living in beauty and goodness? But it is possible, and it is possible for the whole world to seek better and better lives for all our citizens of this globe we're flying on. There is always hope. Even in the darkest of all storms, hope abounds. And it abides in those who choose it beyond all obstacles, all risks, all probabilities, and all the darkness they face.
Even in failure and defeat there is hope. Even in the end, there is hope. In all times, in all places, and in all people... hope can endure. And so I choose to live my life on the sunny-soaked mountain tops. I choose to live my life seeking the good in this world and the good in other people. Come what may, come whatever pains I must deal with, come whatever disease or heartbreak, sadness and disappointment, setbacks and sacrifices - through it all I will look for hope. Because in every single thing, there is opportunity. In every single thing there is a chance. And in every dark moment, there is light at the end of the tunnel.
So let's go explore this world, facing it with bravado and excitement, in spite of the negatives that exist in it. There are simply too many wonderful things to miss if we don't.
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