I always assume that everything will always work work out. Even if there's no good reason to believe that it actually will. I believe that my team will win the game, that I'll pass the test, that I'll get the job, that I'll be able to pay for school, that I'll be successful in my career, that I'll be happy.
Maybe it's the Hollywood syndrome. In movies, conflict arises and is overcome in less than two hours. In television, it's less than thirty minutes. And it ALWAYS works out. The guy gets the girl (wait- this is 2011, the girl can get the guy), the good side defeats the bad side in the final battle, and the puppy finds its way home.
Makes for a good show, but not a realistic one.
Life is as real as it gets, and it's no movie. There's no script. No director who knows that the only way to sell tickets is with a happy ending. I have to learn from my experiences and make my own happy ending. Because just expecting everything to be ok in the end is not going to end well.
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