Optimism is not a quick fix

“The Psychology of Money” by Morgan Housel, I came across a chapter called “The Seduction of Pessimism”. It talked about how people prefer to hear that the world is going to hell. Optimism sounds like a sales pitch whereas pessimism sounds like someone trying to help you.
When we’re going through rough times and we talk to others about it, the group of people telling us to be positive and see the bright side seem to come of as fake, if not immature or apathetic. We dont take them seriously at all. But the group that agrees and accepts our situation to be rough and tough, saying the things that we already know; it sounds familiar, like an echo of our own internal voice.
It does make sense to see the worst possibilities when we ourselves are in such a bad place of mind. So when a situation or others portray the negative side of things, it doesnt come by surprise but actually offers comfort to us.
At times like this, optimism is hard to come by and when it does it feels as though it's just a temporary fix, not genuine or helpful.
Optimism is not a quick fix. Our mind has so much control over us and our lives. We fail to realise this. No matter how bad things are or have been, how we perceive and learn from it changes everything. We always have an option, for every single scenario. We can either sit and think of the worst outcome and fret about it or we can genuinely try to learn from the experience and look at the hopeful prospect.
Make optimism a part of you. Embed it in your mind. You’ll be surprised at how much more comforting and soothing it is to stay positive even when the world goes black.