i have a newly found optimism about everything. but i haven't lost my sense of realism. so at times they collide. because you can't be optimistic about something you know will turn out bad.
"i was living with this one girl...but we were worried about different things. i asked her one day "what is it that you're most scared of?" she said "that you'll find someone else and leave me"..."what is it that you're afraid of?" i said bears."