“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” Many might see optimisms as just wishful thinkers but really, these people are problem solvers who try to improve a situation. The definition of optimistic is “hopeful and confident about the future” so in other words one would be a Pooh Bear and not an Eeyore. Optimisms can take any negative situation and see a positive light in it, no matter how bad it may seem. So, is it really worth being optimistic or to just continue on with life and its negative aspects?

Being optimistic, or acting like Pooh Bear, can really be beneficial to ones physical and mental health; cooping better with stress, improve you immunity, increased life span, improved coping skills, reduced risk for death from cardiovascular disease are all befits to thinking positive. By being pessimist, or acting like Eeyore, has the exact opposite effect; poorer mood, less social support, prolonger recovery from stress and illness and less satisfaction with life. Optimism could be one of the most important predictors oh physical and metal life.

Positive thinking can even help women deliver healthier babies. A study done by Lobel, Devincent, Kaminer and Meyer in 2000 showed that optimistic mothers deliver healthier and heavier babies. “Women's self-reported experience of the ease or difficulty of the current pregnancy . . . Those who reported having the easiest pregnancies had the highest levels of optimism.” (Meyer.) This study describes shows optimism can have profound