When you respond to life, that's positive; when you react to life, that's negative.

If you can give yourself only one gift, let it be positivity.

I've got to confess I'm a pragmatic optimist myself.

It might interest you to know that the 1828 Noah Webster Dictionary identifies the optimist in complimentary terms, but says nothing about the pessimist. The word 'pessimist' was not in our vocabulary at that time. It's a modern 'invention' which I believe we should 'dis-invent.'

An optimist is someone who goes after Moby Dick in a rowboat and takes the tartar sauce with him.

Positive thinking will let you use the ability which you have, and that is awesome.