Optimism is Good for Our Health

The title of "Optimism is good for our health" is a title of a report.I definitely agree with it. How about you? The other day I talked about this topic with an acquaintance.
The report says that;
Scientists have discovered that people who are too optimistic about the future may have “faulty” brains. Their study, in the journal Nature Neuroscience, concluded that the reason many people always see light at the end of the tunnel may be because of an inability to sensibly deal with risk. They even say this over-optimism could have been a cause of the 2008 global financial crisis, with bankers failing to accept or see the riskiness of their investments. Dr Tali Sharot of London’s University College found that negative predictions were ignored in the minds of optimists.
In the study, Dr Sharot gave volunteers 80 different negative situations ranging from unpleasant to disastrous. These included getting divorced, having your car stolen and developing cancer.  Dr Sharot said: "The more optimistic we are, the less likely we are to be influenced by negative information about the future." He added: “Smoking kills messages don't work as people think their chances of cancer are low. The divorce rate is 50%, but people don't think it's the same for them." He also said: “Seeing the glass as half full rather than half empty can be a positive thing. It can lower stress and anxiety and be good for our health and well-being.”

Are you optimistic? I'm half and half. Half of me is optimistic and the rest of me is pessimistic or realistic. I think most people try to keep balance between optimistic and pessimistic.
Being over-optimistic sometimes leads us to slip into self-complacency, on the other hand being over-pessimistic sometimes leads us to slip into self-abhorrence.
To keep balance between them, my favorite phrase is "it can't be helped".

Well, I showed you photos of feast at NANGOKUSYUKA in HARAJYUKU. At that time I took another photo of HARAJYUKU. At that time I didn't care flags over the road. But Tim, he mentioned about them. Did you notice the Irish flags?

In Japan in some main cities St.Patrick's Day parades are going to be held.  In Harajyuku it is going to be held on 18, March from 14:00. It sounds really interesting. I wish if we had such a parade in Utsunomiya.