Blog # 7 This is I believe

Leah Altamont's essay, "Optimism is the path to success," tells us how having the right attitude can affect one's approach to accomplishing a task. Ultimately, a person who has a favorable temperament will, more often than not, find their achievements to come easier than someone who does not have a positive attitude. Her story is particularly about her experience learning how to tie her shoes and how on her first attempts she was not too confident with her abilities. That is even after learning the "Bunny Song" to remember the steps of how to tie them. The next day, after her first failed attempt, she was more confident in knowing she would figure it out his, and this timewith confidence on her side she was successful.

I chose this reading, because no matter what obstacles come our way in life, we should never give up. It does not matter how big or small the challenge is. Think of how the world would be today if our ancestors gave up after their first try at something. It would be much different; there would not be automobiles, phones (of any kind), houses to reside in, grocery stores to shop in, and many more convenience we now have. The uncanny situation about all of those inventions/creations are that the inventors/creators all ran in to several failures prior to their achievement.

Undoubtedly, people achieve more with an optimistic outlook. On the other hand, and I know this from many first-hand experiences, if someone does not think they are going to achieve something (having no confidence in them self) then they are not going to achieve. Numerous people throughout my life have given up on their dreams prior to even attempting to seek them out. As well, many of those have let minuscule challenges/obstacles stop them dead in their tracks, and they stay off track the rest of their life.

Too often, our society gives up. They would rather settle for the easy. Instead, fight and put in hard, labourous efforts to achieve their true potential. Not a single person in this world can better themselves come tomorrow, so long as they put in the effort today All in all, No one should stop striving for excellence because surely with enough effort will be achieved.
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