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[[File:Glass Half Full bw 1.jpeg|thumbnail|right|300px|The half a glass of water helps illustrates of two different mental [[attitude]]s, optimism (half full) and pessimism (half empty)]]
[[File:Glass Half Full bw 1.jpeg|thumbnail|right|250px|The half a glass of water helps illustrates of two different mental [[attitude]]s, optimism (half full) and pessimism (half empty)]]
'''Optimism''' is the practice of looking on the bright side of things, much as the little heroine of ''[[Pollyanna]]'' was trained by her father, a missionary, to make a game of finding something to be glad about in all circumstances.
'''Optimism''' is the practice of looking on the bright side of things, much as the little heroine of ''[[Pollyanna]]'' was trained by her father, a missionary, to make a game of finding something to be glad about in all circumstances.
Christian theologians commonly declare that the world was the best of all possible worlds, as it was created by [[God]]. Therefore, even what appears to many as bad is actually part of God's perfect plan. For example, adversity improves Christian character.
Christian theologians commonly declare that the world was the best of all possible worlds, as it was created by [[God]]. Therefore, even what appears to many as bad is actually part of God's perfect plan. For example, adversity improves Christian character.
[[Image:Leibniz.jpg|thumb|left|250px|[[Gottfried Leibniz]] ]]
[[Image:Leibniz.jpg|thumb|left|200px|[[Gottfried Leibniz]] ]]
Encyclopedia Britannica's article ''Best of all possible worlds'' states:
Encyclopedia Britannica's article ''Best of all possible worlds'' states:
{{Cquote|Best of all possible worlds, in the philosophy of the early modern philosopher [https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gottfried-Wilhelm-Leibniz Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz] (1646–1716), the thesis that the existing world is the best world that God could have created.
{{Cquote|Best of all possible worlds, in the philosophy of the early modern philosopher [https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gottfried-Wilhelm-Leibniz Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz] (1646–1716), the thesis that the existing world is the best world that God could have created.