IS TOO MUCH "OPTIMISM" ANY GOOD ?

   Laying down, unwrapping this bar of melted Snickers Chocolate, listening to Better Man, a really old, Classic Record. Today could have gone better, I was caught up with a fever, knocked up, reduced to the comfort of home. After much sleeping and early morning prayers, which is always much more important when you take ill, which is really wrong in my opinion. Whenever I remember to pray or read my bible only when I need a favour, I feel really, really guilty. Its a big deceit, but hey, thats the human morphology for You. After much procrastination, I pulled up my grumpy self from the bed, and headed to the bathroom. Television was my resort, I watched a few programs till Electricity was gone. I remembered the book I had been reading, AMERICANAH By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. A book of 55 Chapters, I was just 3 Chapters in, in about 2 weeks. Made me realize that reading culture was really, and actually withering away. I mean, when I pick up a book, 5 minutes in you get a text, you hold onto your phone for about 30 minutes, and then your interest is killed. I did manage to get two more chapters under my belt. Reading the Novel, It drew me back to the fact that I have a non-existing Love life, not that it matters, but yeah, It made me feel like I was missing out on something significant. Obinze and Ifemelu got me jealous, Oh ! Its just a book, I chirped in, in my mind. Those were all thoughts, and those thoughts distracted me from reading as I transitioned to texting. Sucks.
   My bad, this is my very first post on this Blog. WELCOME !! I actually quit my old blog aptly titled "The Journey", I felt it was a chapter that had closed, and I had outgrown it. This is a new chapter, celebration of freedom. I hope to communicate well and INTERACT. I know my readers are still here, thanks to those that were looking out for me. Honestly, there are no huge plans to promote this blog, or mapped out strategies, but I don't seek hype before content. 
   I really, really tried to throw attention back into the Novel, but my interest in it was done. So,drifting back to yesterday, I was having a not-so-serious discussion with a Friend, and literally the subject was "Is Too Much Optimism Good ?" For me, I always called three terminologies, A Pessimist, A Realist and an Optimist. And I was telling him how much of an optimist he was, and how he need to be realistic and always have a point of Analysation of situations. You know, its always good to hope for the best and really hold on to belief and Faith, but we cant hope in a foundation that isn't well oiled. He has a Record Company with no structures at all, just\young minds with a dream. An he, being an extreme optimist, will always just hold onto mere hope without substance that they can fund a recording artiste with no inbuilt structures or grand plan. I keep asking questions like " At least before you sign an artiste, you will have a foundation to build on while you start building and structuring?" I am not discouraging optimism, No ! and Pessimism is not even in my vocabulary. My point is, we cant just hope or believe without substance, or without analyzing. Psychology, Yes What You believe in is what will happen. But Do you believe that you will pass in an Exam, without having Key Knowledge ? Obviously not. We had a good laugh after the conversation though, and I guess we all learn from little conversations in  order to grow and become better people.
    Normally, as the night draws near, my endearment to the Internet rises. Basically, I was running circles round the Internet, keeping myself engaged, I guess. The unending, frustrating torture-like sound of generators filling the environment is the only sound in sight, bringing to my remembrance of the Fuel scarcity that looms over my country, Nigeria. The struggle to fuel the engines that are running those generators is REAL. During the day, it was a war to really get fuel and some people rather din't bother, hence, the reason for the reduced number of functioning generators. Anyways, I guess I should just quit typing. Pleased to write again on this new platform and start of with this topic, I actually did not plan this post this way, but If you have any opinions on " IS TOO MUCH OPTIMISM GOOD ?'', then pleeeeeeassssse Comment in the comment section.