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Optimism is just an emotion that fools people into believing that everything will be alright, that their lives will eventually mean something, or so some people would have you consider, for they are the ones who also say that to be realistic is to behave miserably, that The Inevitable Train Wreck is self-induced, that the criticism we face is earned because we don’t smile open mouthed and nod furiously to every encounter.