Optimism can JUST be WISHFUL thinking or there could really be a chance that whatever it is will turn out good. That is why MINDFULNESS & seeing the BIG PICTURE is so important in life.

Holding onto the optimism that someone in the last stages of cancer will just get better is NOT based on reality or the BIG PICTURE of what is actually going on. Will they rally for a little longed....maybe....will it be permanent...NOT LIKELY. When we deal with REALITY we are neither an optimist nor a pessimist....we are a REALIST.