Each day we are bombarded with horror stories that fill our databases with files of fear. We are told to look out for certain kinds of maniacs and base our judgments off of the days compiled terrifying stories. These dramatic stories override any hope of optimism as we conclude that we most certainly have a 95% chance that something bad will happen. In our minds the percentage is so high because we decide that bad things can come from all angles; we have heard scary stories from all facets of life.
If we are to separate these frightening details from the possibilities of what could happen to us in our lives, we may be called naïve. Most people consider a person who does not heed warnings ignorant or immature. The truth is we actually have only a 5 percent chance that something bad will happen to us.
Think of your life in totality and then think of how often bad things happen to you and you will realize that wandering around afraid of burglars, car accidents and lost jobs is really a big waste of time. We are telling ourselves lies that keep us scared for our lives when in reality 95 percent of the time good things happen to us. That is almost like scientific evidence supporting optimism. You can support this fact on your own by looking at all of the good moments of your history instead of looking at the worst.
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