Over the past four weeks the benefits of being optimistic have been covered. And because optimism is a learned behavior no matter what your past experience may be, you may choose to be optimistic. Just remember a past experience which seemed hopeless and recall how God provided! Think of the time when your finances were in question and how God made a way! Even rats that were rescued from drowning learned to continue to fight for survival when faced with drowning again, compared to rats that witnessed other rats drown. They just gave up! God gives us experiences in life to increase our hope in Him producing all the benefits of optimism. So why not choose today to think hope, talk hope and live hope. Inspiration teaches us, “It is a law of nature that our thoughts and feelings are encouraged and strengthened as we give them utterance. While words express thoughts, it is also true that thoughts follow words.” (MH 251)