Are you an Optimist?

[*Deidre*]

Oddly enough, during my Christian days, I was the most pessimistic. Not a glass half empty type of thinker, but, I worried a lot. I think religion breeds worry. It sometimes bred peace, but it often bred worry. After abandoning it, I guess I had to start thinking on my own, for myself--using logic and reasoning. Not that religious people are completely void of that capability, but when you rely on a higher power to seize the day, you don't rely on yourself as much.

Now, I would say I'm much less worrisome, and more optimistic, as I see the future as being the sum total of my decisions, and not an abstract whim of a deity.