Where can you go for optimism?

Where was I when optimism was being passed out? Getting a second helping of pessimism? Who the hell knows. It has been 13-14 years since my last graduation and it was my own in college. I think I barely wanted to be apart of that one as well.

But when the chance came to go to my cousin's graduation I felt like it was only natural to want to go. So I took off work early, got my parents and sat in bumber to bumper traffice for 2.5 hours. When did I leave you ask? 2:30 in the afternoon. Now if I was "broke back mountain" I would have enjoyed the trip to Thousand Oaks, but since I'm not it was a pain in the arse all the way up.

Getting to the school though was easy. I even found a place to park in a nice quiet neighborhood away from the graduation traffic. Meeting my uncle and getting the tickets was a breeze too. Unfortuneately after that we were breeze-less. We sat in the bleachers for about an hour in the blazing sun with these stupid people and their canned air horns. cripes! Can you say under prepared? Although my mom always being prepared was unfortuneately prepared for the wrong season. She brought a blanket in case it gets cold instead of an umbrella or hat for shade. But I suppose she tried. She did have the bottled water.

Anyhow, back to optimism how do you inspire kids to have such enthusiasm and optimism? Granted the people speaking are a small sampling and may not be indicative of the rest of the school population but Hell, where did they get theirs from? It's hard for me to ever recall being that optimistic in my life. I guess i wonder about this because when and if I ever get kids, I would want my kid to be as optimistic as these kids i'm seeing. Even my cousin is pretty optimistic and able to see the best in most situations. I hope my kid could be as such.

Something to keep in mind. We always want the best for our kids but the best may start from within the parents' mental well being and not with the lavishing of the finest schools or training you could offer. I guess this is where God would come in to provide hope and to give the kid a proper self worth.

adios,
vin