I completely agree. I like your perspective on optimism and how it could simply be an idea to create something better. If you put everything into that idea it will give you something to hold onto even when you are all by yourself. As long as you are genuinely trying to create something better you are an optimist. It is really hard for some people to understand because they do not believe the same things as we do, so what we believe will be better is not what they think will be better. That is why there is so much conflict in the world today.
-Ashlee