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Bet Your Bottom Dollar That Tomorrow

25 Wednesday Feb 2015

Posted by Smaktakula in Philosophy

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By Tardsie
POLLYANNA (N): 1. An Excessively Or Blindly Optimistic Person.

POLLYANNA (N): 1. An Excessively Or Blindly Optimistic Person.

 

Through no fault of my own, my brain is hardwired for optimism. I’ve been this way as long as I can remember. I tend to believe that things in my life will generally play out favorably, and that bad situations will soon be resolved. My mom was like that, and my grandma, too. I married an optimistic gal, and she gave me optimistic kids.

More often than not life proves my outlook correct. I can only speak anecdotally, looking exclusively through the lens of my own experience, but so far there have been a lot more joys than sorrows, and it hasn’t even been close. For sure, there are dark tears massing on the horizon, but even more laughs.

Now, for some reason I’ve never understood, not everyone appreciates this disposition. It seems to provoke a reaction in some people–even make them angry. Often, they seek to disabuse me of my foolishness. “You can’t go through life believing everything is going to turn out all right,” they tell me, “Because life isn’t like that. It doesn’t always turn out the way you’d like.” And then they ask, “What happen then? What happens when all your well-laid plans unravel like a cheap rug; when the thing you wanted is denied you, and at last you’re brought low?”

Well, then I’m disappointed.

Aww, Cheer Up, Suzie So-Sad! As Long As Humanity Needs Someone To Sell It Insurance, There Will Be A Place For You.

Aww, Cheer Up, Suzie So-Sad! As Long As Humanity Still Needs Folks Who Worry About Stuff, It Will Always Need You.

 

Promethean Short Short Stories: The Battle Of Anticlimax

14 Friday May 2010

Posted by Smaktakula in Culture, Humor, Literature, Military, Movies, Mythology, People, Promethean Short Short Stories, Relationships

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anticlimactic stories, cliche, flash fiction, hibiscus, I got a bad feeling about this one, mangrove, optimism, pessimism, Promethean Short Short Stories

By Smaktakula

I got a bad feeling about this one, Sarge. 

The private’s eyes shone bright and innocent under the moonshadow cast by hibiscus-draped mangroves, hulking and gnarled with age. 

I’m gonna buy it out here.  I can feel it.  

A nightjar’s call pierced the chittering insect liturgy that was the land’s buzz-choked heartbeat.  The young man cried out at the sound.

Sarge’s voice twinkled with checked laughter: You’ll be fine, Kid.  I’ll bet you’re back home in Valley City before Thanksgiving.

Sure, the young man said, trying to imbue his words with a conviction he did not feel. 

And wouldn’t you know it?  Sarge was right: the war ended two days later and everyone involved lived happily ever after.

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