Optimism PaperOptimism is derived from the Latin optimum, meaning “best”.

Being an optimist, or being optimistic means that one expects the positive outcome of any given situation. The understanding of optimism is often disapproved by counter views such as pessimism, idealism, and realism. Unlike optimism, these counter views believe everything is as it should be, and the future will be as well. An example often used to describe the difference between optimism and pessimism is a glass with water filled halfway up, where the optimist is said to see the glass half full, but the pessimist sees the glass as half empty.